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Benedict Leaves More to Build On
Ross Douthat writes in the New York Times :
Americans Owe Newman a Debt
Joseph Pearce offers a 101 appreciation oped today in the Miami Herald . Pearce also did an excellent job this weekend as a papal color commentator on EWTN.
Benedict Busts Stereotypes
Leonie Caldecott is a Catholic writer living with her family in Oxford. She and her husband run the Centre for Faith and Culture and work with Thomas More College...
Benedict, Longtime JHN Fan
No papal anything is complete without reading John Allen. As the chattering class that cares complains about Benedict XVI making Newman in his own image, for some kind of...
Dusting Off the Blessed Cardinal
The Cardinal Newman Society in America is probably known best for protesting morally questionable speakers at Catholic colleges and universities. But they also serve as a support for orthodox...
B16: Britain, Come Home
This had to be annoying to more than a few people in the Church of England (again to the bishops):
How Do We Increase Vocations?
We have the courage—we pray for the courage—to be Catholic, as our friend George Weigel might paraphrase it. More from the Holy Father today in his bishops’ meeting :
An Always Timely Pope
The pope really doesn’t miss a beat. In his meeting with the bishops Sunday he said :
B16 in the U.K., In Sum
Not to be too simplistic about it, but this trip can be can be summed up in three words from today, in my mind: “integrity, humility, and holiness.” These...
‘Through Him, With Him, and In Him’
This seems like an appropriate highlight to pull out from the trip on a Sunday, from Friday’s homily at Westminster Cathedral : Let us begin with the sacrifice of...
Pope Benedict
Doesn’t get enough credit for what an effective messenger he is. His words! If you have any interest in the Catholic Church, in Truth, in the synergy between faith...
Peter’s Point
This morning, before the beatification, the Archbishop of Canterbury told the pope: “You have encouraged us to draw closer to the rock upon which the Church is built.” If...
Sisters in the Act
This was a nice surprise find on the BBC website. A British Dominican sisters writes about a visit her congregation had with Cardinal Ratzinger in Rome, in anticipation of...
An American in Birmingham
Father C. J McCloskey explains on the Washington Post ’s website : I hosted a series of programs on the life and works for EWTN on Cardinal Newman in...
Who Are We If You Are We?
David Quinn of the Irish Catholic writes : I have a question for one of the protest’s main organisers, namely Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society. He...