Bilgrimage

Beginning with this open letter to the U.S. Catholic bishops on 10 October, I have blogged repeatedly about the opening to violence that hat...

Rocco Palmo’s list of U.S. Catholic bishops who have now weighed in against the Democratic candidate for president and for the Republican on...

Election times are number-crunching times. I'm pondering some numbers of my own, as tomorrow's election nears. And as the U.S. Catho...

And a quick addendum to the lengthy post I just made, re: the Colorado Catholic church and its ties to the Republican party. For those pursu...

Further confirmation of the major cultural realignment going on with the current U.S. presidential election--and the self-marginalization of...

Fascinating commentary these days on the feebleness of the tried and true strategy that has consistently worked for neoconservatives for som...

Strands that connect to topics I’ve discussed earlier this week: There’s a lot more evidence of (and commentary about) the hate now bubbling...

Dear Bishops, As I watch the latest developments in our national presidential campaign, I am intently concerned. And I find your silence ba...

My apologies for chattering today, but it's impossible not to be fascinated by some of the commentary about leadership in our nation as ...

As the day goes on: an article at today’s Huffington Post website demands serious attention—Steven Weber’s “We Are in Danger” ( www.huffingt...

Soon after the vice-presidential candidacy of Sarah Palin was announced, the McCain campaign team informed the American people that she woul...

Yesterday, the National Catholic Reporter website uploaded a Religion News Service article by David Finnigan entitled “McCain to Make Full-...