Those pesky Catholics

While the tabloids are watching Father "oprah" and his honey, and Weakland is busy admitting he is gay (gee, who wudda thot?) , other Catholics are making waves...without much press coverage...

John Allen's report on the Pope in Israel HERE...

and then there is this:

Sheikh attacks Israel, pope walks out

Instapundit writes:

THE POPE WALKS OUT. Hey, you can’t have meaningful dialogue with some people. So why pretend?

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Archbishop Chaput has a nuanced essay HERE about what it means to know Jesus, and the choice Christians have to make in modern culture...only for the thoughtful.

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And Father Z reports that the list of bishops objecting to honoring Obama at Notre Dame now is up to 70 bishops...