Quote of the day....

It is a "...particularly regrettable irony that the one person in all of occupied Europe who did more than anyone else to halt the dreadful crime and alleviate its consequences is today made the scapegoat for the failures of others."
Jewish Holocaust scholar Jeno Levai speaking of Pope Pius XII. (story on Zenit)

Here is a commentary I didn't expect to see...

For men of my generation, Raquel Welch was the icon for the sexuality of the '60's and '70's.
For that reason I was surprised to see this quote on The Deacon's Bench

if an aging sex symbol like me starts waving the red flag of caution over how low moral standards have plummeted, you know it's gotta be pretty bad. In fact, it's precisely because of the sexy image I've had that it's important for me to speak up and say: Come on girls! Time to pull up our socks! We're capable of so much better.

Her full commentary is on CNN (here)