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Super Bowl: A Pre-Game Thomistic Meditation
Objection 1. God doesn’t care who wins the Super Bowl. For sporting events are “of the world,” and God calls us out of the world to share even now...
The Manhattan Declaration and Christian Principles
Is it wrong to speak as though favoring religious freedom and opposing slavery are basic Christian principles? Yes, says S.M. Hutchens of Touchstone , a signer of the Manhattan...
Excommunicating Intentions
For approving an abortion at an Arizona hospital late last year, Sr. Margaret McBride has incurred excommunication latae sententiae ”meaning that her actions have caused her to excommunicate herself....
Sermon Review: St. George Greek Orthodox Church (New York City)
Were it not for the sign on the red canopy over the entrance, one could easily pass St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church by as just another building along a...
A Doctrine in Limbo
Among the many ironies punctuating Catholic history, one of the more curious is the spectacle of theologians, dedicated to expounding doctrine on the God who “is love” (1 John...
Sermon Review: St. Joseph’s, Yorkville(New York City)
Entering St Joseph’s in Yorkville for the first time, I found it a pleasure to look around—to view the exquisite stained-glass windows in the sanctuary and to peer upward...
Sermon Review: Saint Thomas Church(New York City)
One of Manhattan’s most illustrious Episcopal congregations, Saint Thomas Church is best known for its glorious liturgical music and the stunning architecture of its 1913 church building, in French...
Sermon Review: Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City)
Among recently “planted” Protestant churches in Manhattan, Redeemer Presbyterian is by far the fastest growing and best known. It’s so new, in fact, that it doesn’t have its own...
Enjoying Treasures in Heaven
Although Meghan Duke has already posted accurate praise for Bruce D. Marshall’s review , in the current FT, of Gary Anderson’s book Sin: A History , I want to...
Sectarian or Civic?
“The Catholic Voice in the Public Square: Sectarian or Civic?” was the title of a lecture given last night at Manhattan’s Church of St. Vincent Ferrer by Helen Alvaré,...
Witnessing in China: Christian lawyers
” China’s Catholic Moment ,” Francesco Sisci’s article in FT’s previous issue, called attention to Christianity’s astonishing growth in the world’s most populous nation. Just as significant there is...
Natural Religion
Is Nature Enough? Truth and Meaning in the Age of Science by John F. Haught Cambridge University Press, 232 pages, $19.99 John Haught asks, “Is nature enough?”-which naturally elicits...
