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Collecting stuff from the email box and random surfing: From Vox Nova: An Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama Birthplace of Hope: A mere 500 yards from the traditional site of Jesus’ birth, a Bethlehem maternity hospital is committed to seeing that no expectant mother is ever told there is “no room”. Holy Family Hospital…

Amid all the specifics of the “Catholic vote” issue this past election season and the various statements of bishops and other clergy, the more general issue undergirding the whole discussion is quite simply, that of authority. The question of teaching authority is one of the most vexing elements of Catholicism. The Church claims the authority…

“Hello? Oh, hi. How’s it going? What? You forgot your jacket? Okay, let me think. Well, I guess I can bring it to you. This time.” (Inspiration credit: TSO)

Boy, that was lame. I’ll probably kick up the blogging again tonight.  I got waylaid last week by an idea which became an obsession and which will bear interesting fruit for all of us next week, God willing. So thanks for sticking around.

Scenes from the conscience of a 3-year old. Setting: Regular readers of this now-lame blog recall that Michael the Little has been seized by the Muse and has gone through a stage of coloring the wall instead of napping. I’ve not yet bothered to clean off the artwork, but as far as I can tell,…

I got obsessed with something which was a huge (good) distraction for a couple of days, but now that’s all settled…and i have stuff due tomorrow. I’m also trying to process that whole bishops’ meeting thing. Open thread on that, if you like…

Cardinal O’Malley, interviewed by Michael Paulson: When I was in high school (in Ohio) I joined the NAACP and did voter registration in black neighborhoods, when I wasn’t old enough to vote myself. And I was there at Resurrection City after Martin Luther King was murdered, and living in the mud with thousands of people…

Post edited: Here’s the full text of Cardinal George’s speech, from the USCCB website: In working for the common good of our society, racial justice is one pillar of our social doctrine. Economic justice, especially for the poor both here and abroad, is another. But the Church comes also and always and everywhere with the…

From Pope Benedict’s GA talk on Leo, from March: Aware of the historical period in which he lived and of the change that was taking place – from pagan Rome to Christian Rome – in a period of profound crisis, Leo the Great knew how to make himself close to the people and the faithful…

As I indicated yesterday, there is no way the bishops are going to avoid discussion recent political developments this week, even publicly. From CNA: Another bishop who requested anonymity, confirmed to CNA that the bishops will not drop the issue of abortion or hold the conversation behind closed doors. On the contrary, they will discuss it on…
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