Gashwin Gomes has a good round-up post (and you should have been following him for the great Banned-Blogs-in-India travesty ), including this Christianity Today roundup of the Christian angle. (This CT Weblog, as usual, has many, many othe great links. Go read.) Mainstream media coverage of the Christian angle in the conflict focuses (with good…

The Papal Nuncio to Israel: (From the Jerusalem Post) Archbishop Antonio Franco, papal nuncio to Israel, said Tuesday that he personally attempted to intercede with Hamas on behalf of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Franco also called on both Hizbullah and Israel to immediately stop the violence and enter into diplomatic negotiations. "The pope is very…

Judge rules that it was an attempt at intimidation: Lewis denied trying to intimidate Gasper. Lewis said he has sent at least 15 Mass cards to Gasper over the years. "Mr. Gasper is faced with a difficult period of time in his life," Lewis said. "As a Christian and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, I’m…

Bush vetos stem-cell bill. Photo with WaPo article (at least online) is one from Tuesday (a day before he vetoed it) with Bush standing with McCarrick, Wuerl and the Papal Nuncio. PAPIST THREAT ON OUR SHORES! (Calling Thomas Nast….) (The photo was taken before a dinner at the White House given in McCarrick’s honor) Amid…

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