Father Z does a splendid job of fleshing out the meaning of Pope Benedict's last official remarks as Pontiff this morning . See Benedict...
I know there was a book called What's the matter with Kansas but when I hear things like this my viewpoint is NOT MUCH :) . ..... And...
I received the Catholic Connection in the mail today which is the official monthly publication for my Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana. A...
A day with dramatic images that started in USA time early in the morning and continued to just minutes ago as the final ceremony marked an e...
See Bill Seeks to Protect Religious Groups from the Texas Tribune .
Seems like a lot of folks were up very early to watch the Pope give his last Wednesday audience and what it appears is his last public spea...
Quite a big controversy over at the Washington Post where a unnamed reporter involved in an exchange with a reader was quite blunt with wha...
The St John legal forum for law and religion has a link and some words reminding us how important this event was in history .
. First Thoughts has a piece on this today. . This is not the only controversy over the management of Louisiana College we have seen but it...
In our " national conversation on guns " there has been some talk on mandatory gun insurance for gun owners. In fact there has bee...
I am going to try to hit on the defense of rreligious exemptions or as the freedom from religion folks more often call it " religious ...
I am going to try to engage part of America's Op Ed on repealing the Second Amendment . There is a good Huff Post article with backgro...
This is an short but excellent response by Kevin Walsh on those that use the Jehovah’s Witness blood transfusion argument as to the HHS con...
A pretty strong Op-Ed here from the America Editor. See Questioning Garry Wills
Wonderful post on this by Timothy George at First Things .
Rod Dreher righlty note it is good to see when someone in the media admits they were wrong and trys to correct the mistake. See A Praisewo...
Always interesting to see the state of American Catholicsm by looking at different regions of the country. It often shows a more complex pic...
There was a sadly a rape on the Loyola campus this past weekend. See NOPD: Student raped inside Loyola University parking garage . The fac...
The Methodist Mark Tooley has the story over at IRD and Catholic Conversion .
A little Louisiana Catholic news. I have always though Lafayette Louisiana was one of the better places to raise a family. I also think if y...
Vatican Insider has come up with a some statement that Pope Benedict made back in his university days that is pretty interesting. See Ratzi...
Today many Protestants celebrate the Feast day of Martin Luther. First Thoughts has a good post up at Celebrating Martin Luther which has ...
John Allen has a pretty good interview with Fr. Hans Zollner who is making some important contributions himself to the safety of children .
Well this should generate some discussion .
Many Americans , like I did this morning, woke up to this AP article in their morning newspapers. Pope enjoys swansong; future still a que...
Pope Benedict gave a heartfelt and emotional farewell to his Priest in Rome today. He also gave quite a off the cuff talk on his memories of...
Update- From the Catholic Bishops site - Salt and freshwater species of fish, amphibians, reptiles , (cold-blooded animals) and shellfish a...
A pretty cool Louisiana connection to Catholic history happening before our eyes happened today. An eventful week for the very talented Bato...
I was watching this live and think like many got a tad teared up. I think the ovation would have gone on and on until the Pope stopped it. T...
Michael Sean Winters has been a needed voice from the slightly more progressive leaning branch of American Catholicism against the HHS Cont...
Josh Blackman has an excellent post at “Can a corporation have a conscience?” . I keep asking these questions but I am still getting not...
It always is interesting to too observe journalist and what they perceive to be the powers of the Papacy. They truly give him powers that fe...
Ross Douthat has an excellent piece up on today's stunning developments. See The Pope Abdicates I generally agree with him in this insta...
An excellent short post by attorney Kevin Walsh of Richmond on this at The Third Circuit is wrong: RFRA protects corporations, without any...
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has been in the news this week as to a controversy over a interfaith Church service that happened after t...
This is one of two interesting Lutherans in the news posts I hope to do today. First Thoughts reports on a bit of important news. See Ethio...
I do a lot of how media handles the religion beat on this blog and not just as to Catholics. I for some reason rarely hit the topic Editoria...
This is depressing on so many levles and needs to be changed somehow. See from Mirrors of Justice A Partial Answer to Michael Moreland’s Qu...
Grant Gallicho has a piece up that I think perhaps is a tad dismissive too quickly of the Bishop's concerns as the HHS Contraception man...
The Friendly Atheist brings us the good news at Virginia Senate Approves Bill Allowing College Groups to Discriminate Based On Religious B...
An interesting article from Vatican Insider. See The Opus Dei and Benedict XVI’s “silent clean-up" operation
The incorporation of nonbelievers (atheists, agnostics, and so on) under the protection of the right of religious freedom should imply a l...
I have taken an interest in the past few years on how hard it is for advocacy groups for issues from a to z to stay on message in the age o...
The Deacon Bench has the story and link at Deacon sues government over contraception mandate .
First Thoughts has the story and the link to the Bishops statement here at Catholic Hypocrisy in the Public Mind I have to admit when this...
Robert Royal has a good post over at the Catholic Thing looking at the abuse claims in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles . See Signs of the Be...
If you managed to watch the series Downton Abbey this past week the Catholic / Protestant tensions were on full display surrounding the is...
Without a doubt St Louis Cathedral is perhaps the most recognized Cathedral in the United States. When people see it they know it is New Orl...
Over the past weekend there was a rather important Catholic conference of note. That is the Mission of the Ordinariate Symposium. This was ...
I have highlighted the Diocese of Witchita before buts it is always good to highlight it again !! I realized that in some Dioceses this mo...
The Baton Rouge Adovcate has the stance here at Bishops seek to prevent execution set for Ash Wednesday .
I have been thinking about this article from the Episcopal Church Bishop of Nevada and how it applies to ways we Catholics are doing various...
Johna Allen has his always interesting Friday column up at National Catholic Reporter. He says that by looking at current Italian politics a...
