We are nearing the end of the media blitz accompanying Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Latin America (Amy Welborn has, of course, lots of handy links).
Checking in with the pope's editor
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Resist the J.F.K. itch
What is most helpful about Nancy Gibbs’ article on Mitt Romney in the latest issue of Time is her detailed explanation of why Romney faces doubts — not just from some evangelicals, but also from the cultural left:
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Romney's unexplained stumbling block
Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign continues to be dogged by his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Here’s the fifth paragraph of a Friday New York Times piece, “Romney Works to Put Skeptics’ Doubts to Rest”:
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Did anyone say grace before dinner?
The Rt. Rev. Douglas LeBlanc and I did have a bit of a debate this week about religion in the latest edition of “The Time 100″ list of the movers and shakers on planet earth.
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The 'theology' of Condi Rice
The Atlantic Monthly cover story on Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice — “Grand Illusions” — offers all of the inside details and broad, sweeping conclusions that one would expect.
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When two things collide
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Terry and I had trouble agreeing on the method of counting religious leaders in “The Time 100: The Most Influential People in the World.” Terry pointed me toward his recent quip about last year’s list:
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Key story behind B16's Brazil visit
There seem to be two dominant story lines coming out of the Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Brazil that began Wednesday. One is that the Pope is facing the lingering spectre of his longtime nemesis — Marxist-inspired social liberation within the Catholic Church — and the other is the Protestant challenge from Pentecostals.
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Shepherds at war
Eve Conant does a great job in the May 7 Newsweek of tracking the spiritual struggles of Army Chaplain Roger Benimoff, who begins a second tour of duty filled with idealism (“My heart is filled with prayer and god is giving me a discerning spirit”) and returns to the United States with his faith in tatters (“We make God into what we need for the moment. I hate God”).
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