A friend has pointed me to a site called Eye of the Tiber, with this article about the Pope and aliens which quotes me...

Think of it as The Onion for Catholics.

My address to the Georgetown commencement can be streamed here.

It was a wonderful event. My thanks to everyone who made it possible, from those who invited me to those who treated me like royalty. Unlike some honorees at some other schools, I did not get a zillion dollar honorarium; Instead, I got a box of "Fleurir hand grown chocolates" which ( Read more... )

I realized late last night that my previous cryptic message was about a person that many of my friends from the Carolingia SCA who are on LJ would have known as "Azrael" back in the early 1980s ( Read more... )

In the space of fifteen minutes, I heard on the internet ( Read more... )

At least, that's according to this post from a blogger at Georgetown.

Of course, that depends on what you think.

(Hat tip to beamjockey for spotting this ( Read more... )

Georgetown College, the arts and sciences college of Georgetown University, has announced their commencement speakers this year. It includes one current and one former US cabinet member; an Ivy League dean; a couple of heavy hitter CEOs; a couple of foundation presidents. And a Vatican astronomer ( Read more... )

My weekend in the UK was a delight. I had a chance to visit with many old friends, my talks went well (in a constructive way), and I ate too much curry ( Read more... )

With the end of Lent comes the end of my staying-at-home. Having fasted of going somewhere fast, I am now looking forward to two talks in the United Kingdom, the week after Easter.

On Friday, April 25, at 6:30 pm, I will be appearing at Leeds Trinity University to speak on "Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?" This will be the first time I ( Read more... )

Busy times here... I have had a boatload of visitors, all of whom were wonderful, and a boatload of writing, all of which has been a lot of fun. Funny how tired I feel now ( Read more... )

A member of our community, Bill Stoeger, died on Monday. He had been found to be suffering from a particularly aggressive form of cancer last fall, which treatment was not able to contain.

I wanted to say that Bill was both the smartest man, and the holiest man, I have known; but he would have rejected that characterization, out of hand. So I ( Read more... )