BENEDICT XVI: NEWS, PAPAL TEXTS, PHOTOS AND COMMENTARY

Thank you, David, for taking up some of the slack during my relative idleness of the past few days. In the absence of any must-post-immediately news events about the Church, I have been indulging myself in a quadrennial fascination, the Summer Olympics (in Benedict's Pontificate, it took place in 2008 and 2012). I must watch the events as they are broadcast for the first time because I do not have the luxury of seeking out dates, times and channels for replays...