Post-Dispatch religion reporter Tim Townsend mentioned
Catholic teaching on ordination i.e., the male-only priesthood, in his Saturday, May 31 column.

The Vatican has stated, not for the first time, that the topic is closed.

But there are still folks out there — you perhaps — who don’t understand the reasoning behind the church’s teaching or who think they understand and don’t approve of the reasoning.

The women’s ordination issue doesn’t have the same cachet it once did, and for good reason:

Back in the ’60’s it was a hot, new topic and it grew in intensity during the seventies and eighties when radical secular feminists — who had no use for Christ or the Catholic Church or for the sanctity of unborn human life, for that matter — took up the cry. Some men and women inside the church were swayed as well. For a highly detailed look at this recent history of…

Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States, beginning with his arrival Tuesday afternoon, will be heavily covered by television, radio and print media.

The following links are likely to be more informed than most:

TV/Radio: EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network): Go here for a quick look at the Pope’s schedule. Of particular interest will be ongoing coverage by anchor Raymond Arroyo (weekly presenter of The World Over Live, EWTN, Fridays, 7:00PM, CST); co-host Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, Editor in Chief of FIRST THINGS — and one of the top 10 intellectuals in the U.S. according to the New York Times; Carl Anderson, head of the Knights of Columbus.

Radio: Revelant Radio. Click onto Relevant Radio’s Listen Now section to learn how to listen through your computer. Of particular interest will be interviews by Sheila Liaugminas who will be speaking with Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. and George Weigel as well as Helen Hull Hitchcock (director of Women for Faith &…