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I have a brilliant idea. Let’s sell the White House to help pay off the debt. It’s valued at more than $300 million and that would make a significant contribution. The Obamas could move into a nice townhouse, probably in the $300,000 range, within commuting distance of Washington, D.C. I suppose some complications would arise from this plan. For security purposes, they would probably have to buy the surrounding houses or even the whole block. The president’s entourage would likely back up traffic as he is commuting downtown every day. They would also have to purchase new office space for...

38 to Receive Pallium 12 From Americas; 14 From Europe VATICAN CITY, JUNE 22, 2010 (Zenit.org).- This feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Benedict XVI will bestow the pallium on 38 metropolitan archbishops, including 14 from Europe and six from North America. The Vatican announced today that the Mass in which the prelates will receive the honor will take place at 9:30 a.m. on June 29. The pallium is a white band embroidered with six black crosses and worn over the shoulders. Worn by the Pope and by metropolitan archbishops, the pallium symbolizes authority and expresses the special bond between...

The beloved founder of Human Life International, Fr. Paul Marx, was not known to mince words when it came to what he called the "conspiracy of silence" from the pulpits of our Church on the issue of contraception, but his insights of twenty and thirty years ago were right on target and remain true to this day: "Future generations," he said, "will wonder why so many Catholic bishops and priests in the West didn't see contraception as a seminal evil and the chief cause of the Church's swift decline." There is the core issue. Priestly silence about contraception is deadly...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The powers of evil and death will never triumph over Christ and the church he built on the rock of Peter and continues to fortify with his successors, Pope Benedict XVI told new archbishops from 18 countries. Though the church and Christ are continually walking toward their cross, suffering and being tossed to and fro like a small boat on a sea whipped up "by the winds of ideologies, ... in the suffering church, Christ is victorious," the pope said during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul June...

The Mailbag:TO OUR DEAR BISHOPS: WITH ALL RESPECT, THE TIME HAS COME TO REFORM CHANCERIESWe have always urged obedience to our bishops as they adhere to Vatican rule and always will. Obedience is greater than sacrifice (says the Good Book) -- and we have always held that dear. We urge it for everyone.But these are distressing times, and we are often forced to report unpleasant trends. One of them is what seems like growing dissatisfaction on the part of the faithful with how chanceries are run. While maintaining faith in the Church itself (Mass attendance has held steady despite the...

September 4, 2003 AAC AND CHRIST CHURCH ANNOUNCE LOCATION CHANGE FOR OCTOBER CONFERENCE Limit Lifted to Accommodate More Attendees; Registration Deadline Set for September 26 The Conference "A Place to Stand: Declaring, Preparing", originally slated for the Christ Church campus in Plano, Texas, will instead be held at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel in Dallas. Christ Church will remain the host of this AAC-sponsored event. The dates and times - noon October 7 through noon October 9 - have not changed. The deadline for registrations is Friday, September 26 and there will be no refunds for cancellations made after September 15,...

Attempt to expel US Anglicans at summit By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent (Filed: 29/08/2003) Conservative archbishops are increasingly confident that they can force the expulsion of the American Episcopal Church from the Anglican Communion over its liberal line on homosexuality. In fresh evidence that the battle lines are hardening, evangelical primates yesterday disclosed plans to use an emergency meeting called by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in October to urge the immediate suspension of the Americans. They will then demand that Dr Williams declare that, if the Episcopal Church fails to reverse its policies on actively homosexual clergy...

FRANKIE GOES TO LAMBETH - Realizing that his chasuble's going to have a bulls-eye on it at the October Anglican primates meeting in London, Frank Griswold frantically tries to explain himself: