Television has come a long way from its black and white TV box it used to be. We have come from analog to digital; from big box TV's to flat screen LCD's and now HDTV. It seems that technology is moving faster than we can keep up with. And within the last few years there is something new that has co...

Påven reder i ett brev till biskoparna ut begreppen angående SSPX-affären. LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH concerning the remission of the excommunication of the four Bishops consecrated by Archbishop Lefebvre [French - German - Italian - Portuguese - Spa...

Dear brethren in the Episcopal ministry! The lifting of the excommunication of the four bishops ordained by Archbishop Lefebvre in 1988 without a mandate of the Holy See has led, both within and outside the Catholic Church, for a variety of reasons, to a discussion of such vehemence as we had not ex...

Writing from the Philippines, Lode Wostyn situates the Pope’s book within the development of Christology after Vatican II (East Asian Pastoral Review 45.1, 2008). “Ratzinger’s Christology goes beyond the Councils of Nicaea-Chalcedon by simply erasing all the disagreements and ambiguities that ...

I'm down in Florida at Kennedy Space Center to see a space shuttle launch.  In all the years of following space activities, I've never actually seen a launch.  We tried back in December 2007, but that trip was foiled by problems that it eventually took them 6 weeks to fix. So, it...

Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...

Time-Traveling Checkbook: Despite forecasts of doom and gloom in publishing, Scribner was the big winner at auction with a nearly $5 million dollar payout for Audrey Niffenegger's second novel, Her Fearful Symmetry. Her original publisher, MacAdam/Cage, paid "only $100,000" for her breakout debut, T...

This morning was the awards brunch, and I sat with some very companionable ladies from Wisconsin and Tucson, as well as friend and author Neil Plakcy and author Mike Belfeler. Once breakfast was out of the way the Guests of Honor were…well…honored. Lee Goldberg, our toastmaster, regaled us on ta...

I like screwed up women. Sorry. To many a friend's annoyance, I have sympathy for all those young Hollywood starlets and their myriad  "problems" clogging the gossip pages -- no matter how shallow and stupid they can be. And though women/girls like Britney, Pari...

      THE POPE'S MOVING LETTER ON HATRED, BIGOTRY, AND FORGIVENESS The Pope is releasing a letter to all bishops tomorrow at noon concerning the lifting of the excommunication of the 4 traditionalist bishops who are followers of the dissident Bisho...