On the lighter side...

On an interesting Catholic website I just discovered today, Douglas Sylva has a column on the mini-controversy that has erupted over Bob Geldof's invitation to Pope Benedict to participate in the "Live 8" concert (if that's all Greek to you, the article explains it). What follows are a few excerpts:

"I would wager that at least a couple of the horsemen of the apocalypse must be all saddled up and ready to go, if Elton John has eclipsed Pope Benedict XVI as a moral authority, but that appears to be exactly what happened this past week in England....

"...apparently all British rock stars are knighted for surviving into middle age...."