I speak, of course, of abortion. It finally came up during last night’s debate — very deftly moderated, I thought, by Bob Schieffer, who showed how an old hand does these things — and Michael Paulson has a summary at his blog: For the first time in a presidential debate, Sens. John McCain and Barack…

Is that sort of prayer, well…kosher? A writer at Time magazine decided to ask religious leaders in a position to know: Prayer is humanity’s conversation with God. And very often the prayer is a plea. It seems safe to say that in the face of last week’s Wall Street drop, more Americans have fallen to…

A new survey is out about Catholics and the upcoming election — and this one may of particular interest because it was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. From USA TODAY: U.S. Catholic voters are split on the issues of abortion and same-sex marriage between those who attend church at least twice a month and…

One of the more innovative and modern ideas to come out of the Synod of Bishops is one that at least one American bishop has already embraced: blogging. From Zenit: One of the auditors at the world Synod of Bishops has suggested that Benedict XVI opens a blog to explain the word of God in…

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