The Cincinnati Post picks up on the ongoing tensions between the Diocese of Covington and Northern Kentucky Right to Life, which was founded by a former bishop of Covington, as it happens: Recently, in full-page daily newspaper ads, both organizations made their case in what was the latest round in what has been a difficult…

Writer Sharan Newman has a nice takedown of Thomas Cahill’s latest, in Christian Century: Mysteries of the Middle Ages is part of Cahill’s "hinges of history" series, which began with How the Irish Saved Civilization. His laudable goal is to demonstrate how times and places denigrated by recent historians have contributed a great deal to…

Pulled from the comments below, from Fr. Totten: I am pastor of a parish which has a small but thriving Catholic School and several faithful Catholic homeschool families.  I would be interested to hear from other priests who find themselves in similar situations.  How do they provide for the needs of the homeschoolers without undermining…

Edwards stands by his bloggers. John Edwards said Thursday that he was offended by the “intolerant language” of two employees of his presidential campaign, in writings on their personal Web logs, but he said they would remain with the campaign. “They have both assured me that it was never their intention to malign anyone’s faith,…

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