Blog - December 2010 RSS Feed

It almost seems to be an unspoken rule that Christians, and Catholics in particular, are not supposed to respond to criticism, insults, and slights towards their faith with anything more than a smile.

Although this appeared in National Catholic Reporter several weeks ago, I thought you might want to read one of the most insightful pieces that I have come across in a while. John Allen Jr. gives an excellent overview of the press coverage of the 2010 sexual abuse crisis.

The New York Daily News has an excellent editorial this morning on the value of our Catholic schools. Here is an excerpt from the editorial: The trend must be reversed. New York cannot afford to lose schools that provide high-quality education to all comers in many of the poorest neighborhoods.