The text of the letter read in all Polish churches today: 5. There is a great task of reconciliation for the Church in Poland, apart from standing in truth before the face of God. We will not change the past, both the glorious, and the one that we are ashamed of. We can include everything,…

A WaPo review of the last volume of C.S. Lewis’ letters (edited by Walter Hooper). Has some interesting tidbits including the hint (provided by Lewis in a letter to Sheldon Vanauken) that Lewis married Joy Davidman so she wouldn’t have to return to the U.S: Although many have impugned the motives of Davidman, the reason…

Virginia priest who stands accused of stealing hundreds of thousands from his parishes…was married. (Civilly, we can assume.) A document included in papers committing Rodis to jail listed him as living with a wife and three children in Fredericksburg, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Saturday. It wasn’t clear whether Rodis is the children’s father. "It’s not…

Bishop Wielgus speaks: The Roman Catholic prelate who resigned two days after becoming Warsaw’s archbishop denied Saturday that he had concealed his cooperation with the communist-era secret police from Pope Benedict XVI. Nearly a week after Bishop Stanislaw Wielgus stunned Poles by resigning his new post minutes before his formal installation, he issued a statement…

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