I've retired, so what else should I be doing ...

The Pew Forum, The Tablet, Commonweal, NCR ...

Unlike Rick, after all, and alas, I'm an old man, surely incapable, unlike Rick, of rock-climbing in the Tetons.

National Catholic Reporter

The $64,000 question from Benedict's encyclical, and other Vatican goings-on

by John L Allen Jr on Jul. 09, 2009

Note: John Allen is in Rome covering the visit Friday of President Barack Obama to Pope Benedict XVI. Watch the NCR web site for his breaking news reports.]

Now that Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical on the economy, Caritas in Veritate, is finally out, the predictable war of spin is well underway. Partisan reactions on both the Catholic left and right already seem clear, which might be referred to as the "Khrushchev letter" and the "Blue Meanies" strategies respectively.

[Read the rest, here.]