A few links to start the day: Get ready: The New York Times has another lengthy article this morning looking at Cardinal Ratzinger’s time as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — “Amid Church Abuse Scandal, an Office that Failed to Act” — claiming that he actually had the authority to … Read more
A huge hat-tip to our friend Lizzie Scalia for posting a link to this 360 virtual tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. As someone who has never been to the Holy Land (and has no immediate hope of going), I find this totally mesmerizing, and moving. A nice way to gear up for … Read more
Tony Judt writes in the latest New York Review of Books about his struggles with Lou Gehrig’s disease, the motor neuron disorder that results in the eventual loss of voluntary muscle movement. At this stage, Judt is effectively a paraplegic, a state he has come to manage (with help) during the day — but being … Read more