Mum's birthday!

Dear Friends,

February 29 is always a special day for me, and more so in a leap year. My Mum was born on this day and so she only got to celebrate a "real birthday" every four years. She passed on 10 years ago but had she been alive today she'd have been celebrating her 88th year — and her 22nd birthday. My apologies for running late again today. It isn't because of Mum's birthday but just because I'm still burning the midnight oil on a couple of projects outside of Catholica.

Our commentary today is the second part of Daniel Gullotta's series searching for the Historical Jesus. Today he explores the Roman political situation in Palestine before and during the time of Jesus. <Read Daniel's commentary>

Best wishes for a great day wherever you happen to be ... in life or in our world!

Brian Coyne
Editor and Publisher