For most of the past week, this space has focused on What the Pope Knew, a CNN documentary that aired Saturday night on the subject of the Pope Benedict XVI’s role in handling allegations of child sexual abuse by priests that came to his attention while (as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) heading Congregation for the Doctrine…

I’ve spent the last three sessions of this blog running an interview with CNN’s Gary Tuchman about his one-hour documentary entitled What the Pope Knew airing tonight at 8:00 PM ET. As the title suggests it deals with the child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church and, after watching an advance copy,…

While British police continued to investigate a possible plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI during his trip to London, the Pontiff delivered a speech to the country’s political elite gathered at Westminster Hall in which he spoke of the need to balance religious faith and reason. To let either exert undue control over the other,…

Restaurant week continues in this space. After my impassioned defense of McDonald’s from the food police yesterday, today I’d like to weigh in on a lawsuit involving the International House of Pancakes. And, of course, I’d like to conduct this weigh-in before breakfast. It seems the restaurant is suing the International House of Prayer because…

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