2 from Sandro Magister

Not So Diligent, Not So Virtuous. But They're the "Church of the People"

They're the ordinary Catholics, the majority in Italy, but so far they have not received proper attention. They now govern the country. For the Church, they are an opportunity and a challenge. An exclusive analysis by Professor Pietro De Marco

And an article on the pope's address today on culture:
"To seek God and to let oneself be found by Him"

Exactly two years after Regensburg, another grand discourse from Pope Joseph Ratzinger to the intellectual world. In Paris, at the Collège des Bernardins, September 12, 2008. Here's the complete text