How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nancy?

1. The "ardent, practicing Catholic" Nancy Pelosi has once again reaffirmed her support for dismembering living human beings so their tissue can be used (i.e., embryonic stem cell research). Paging Archbishop Niederauer?

2. Good summary report on the demands of the Temple of Moloch, er, I mean Planned Parenthood and its ilk, for massive new federal funding by the new administration.

3. On the good news front, some branches of the Temple of Moloch are suffering from a funding shortfall as a result of the Madoff scam. Sniff, sniff, boo hoo.

4. Bad news about the teen birthrate -- it has increased again, after years of decline. Here's Maggie Gallagher's take on it. No doubt the establishment will blame this on the tiny abstinence only programs, and assign no responsibility to the massive "comprehensive" sex education programs (also known as "here's your condom, go have fun") or on our degraded culture. I know the answer -- just give the Temple of Moloch more money! That'll solve everything!

5. One of the tragedies of our age is the passing of the Church of England from Christianity into a state of post-modernism that is beyond parody. A minister in the UK has removed the Crucifix from his church, claiming that it is "horrifying" and scared people by its depiction of pain and suffering. On the other hand, here's an actual believing Christian (you may have heard of him, he lives in Rome), talking about how the Cross transforms worship.

6. The Bishop of Brooklyn has been the victim of identity theft by someone who used his personal data to apply for credit cards. That's an interesting new way to finance Catholic education.