Mark Anthony Frassetto (Georgetown): Catholic Emancipation: 1760-1829. From Political Theology, Matthew A. Shadle on Catholic social teaching, state sovereignty, and international authority (and part 2). Eugene McCarraher on the Catholic Right’s false nostalgia. Mary Elizabeth Williams on the Catholic Church’s new gay insult. Erika Bachiochi on women, sexual asymmetry and Catholic teaching. From National Catholic Register, Mary Zurolo Walsh reviews The Infertility Companion for Catholics Spiritual and Practical Support for Couples by Angelique Ruhi-Lopez and Carmen Santamaria; and taking the place of our Creator: Rebecca Taylor on transhumanism. Bishop Daniel Jenky gets the coveted Coughlin Award, named for Father Charles Coughlin, the notorious radio priest of the 1930s. Despite his popular image, Jack Kerouac was born and died a self-identified Catholic. CatholicFiction.net has been relaunched and completely redesigned. John Paul II's canonization thought to be imminent. Pope is a huge hit on Twitter: The Holy Father’s successful first month of tweeting, amassing 2.5 million followers in eight languages, is hailed as an evangelization breakthrough. Meet Gorgeous Georg, the Holy Pontiff’s live-in partner. Adam Lee on 50 reasons to boycott the Catholic Church.
