John Henry Newman

Loads of good stuff lately at ABC Religion and Ethics, including a whole suite of posts to mark Cardinal Newman's beatification:

• Tracey Rowland on the influence of John Henry Newman on Benedict XVI
• Benedict XVI's homily for Newman's beatification
• Ian Ker on Newman's biglietto speech: the church succeeds by failure
• Austin Cooper on Newman's defence of the church
• Scott Stephens in defence of Benedict XVI 
• Tracey Rowland on Benedict and the banality of sacro-pop
• Paul Griffiths on Catholic sins and presentism
• Alister McGrath on Stephen Hawking, and again on the limits of science 
• Tamas Pataki on religion and violence
• Jonathan Malesic on why politicians should keep their faith hidden

And speaking of Newman, Kim has written a wondrous clerihew for the occasion:

Cardinal Newman
Wasn’t at his own exhuming,
Nor does his miracle,
For all the panegyricals,
Pass muster as empirical,
So a saint
He ain’t.