May 4, 2009

This poem is modeled on one from the Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368, in The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry.

Fifth Sunday of Easter (B), May 10, 2009

'We cannot trust our own estimation of what is solid and what is not.'

Reviving Amtrak; New York's New Archbishop

Currently, if anything about Christianity is taught, it is about the Crusades and the Inquisition. There is no teaching of comparative religion.

Archbishop Sheehan introduced the governor to Pope Benedict, saying, Holy Father, this is our governor and he just repealed the death penalty.

There is this erroneous notion that its unconstitutional if we are talking to religious leaders around the world, said Thomas F. Farr.