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Dr. Francis Beckwith explains his reasons for returning to the Catholic Church. (He was raised Catholic and received the sacraments of initiation as a child and young person).  Most of the post centers on the tussle over ETS matters and leadership, (he has resigned from the presidency) but: There is a conversation in ETS that…

Michael the Toddler:  I got to put on my shoes! Mommy: Why? Where are you going? M the T: With Daddy! Mommy: Where? M the T: In the car! Mommy: But where in the car? M the T: ON THE ROAD!

This morning, Archhbishop Naumann of Kansas CIty (KS) and about 100 others gathered to pray the rosary in front of a local Planned Parenthood abortion facility. Kansas City Catholic has a report and photos. And..the great online zine MercatorNet has a great, sharp new look. Many worthwhile articles,  including this one by the invaluable Jennifer…

From VIS: Today in the Vatican, the Holy Father received prelates from the International Episcopal Conference of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, who have just completed their "ad limina" visit. The conference is based in Belgrade and brings together Catholics of Latin and Byzantine rite from Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia and Kosovo. The Pope greeted the…

In which I try to gather up recent links of interest that have been sent to me or that I have discovered all by myself: Catholic Radio International is a new internet radio station. (And don’t forget Choral Treasure, while you’re at it.) Fr. Martin Fox has a good post on "God and Country" type…

Yeah. I’ve got loads of work to do this month.  beyond the Motu Proprio and Benedict’s book on Jesus, I’m not going to have much to say. Or I won’t let myself take the time to say it.  There’s a lot going on, and many thanks for the links you all are sending, but this…

In 1999, then-Governor George Bush of Texas signed a bill that enshrined what is called "futile care" policy into Texas law. The idea is that hospitals have the right to stop patient treatment if their ethics committee determine it is futile, even if the family of a patient disagrees. Wesley Smith takes up the story:…

Kansas City Catholic features one of the men ordained by the Pope on Sunday – the son of the Pope’s official photographer.

The new rector of an Iraq seminary is blunt: “Christians in Iraq are on their way to extinction, cut off from the country’s political process,” said Redemptorist Fr Bashar Warda, newly-appointed rector of the St Peter Major Seminary, which was recently moved from Baghdad to Ankawa (Kurdistan) for security reasons. Through AsiaNews he wants to…

Via the blog of Dr. Ben WItherington, a first-hand account of one of the funerals and a memorial service for the three Christian publisher employees killed last month in Turkey. I have attended many funerals, but this was my first in Turkey. And it was also the first time I attended the funeral of a…
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