David Mills

Today in “On the Square,” Elizabeth Scalia defends Christmas and finds a way to make even shopping a way of expressing something of Christ. In The Christmas Light in the Shopping Madness , she writes Praying Vespers of the Liturgy of the Hours each day is a productive way to remain . . . . Continue Reading »

A Memorial Mass to honor the second anniversary of the death of  Father Richard John Neuhaus will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2011, at the Church of Our Saviour (38th Street and Park Avenue). It will begin at  12:15 p.m. The celebrant and homilist will be Father George . . . . Continue Reading »

A cheering story: Roald Dahl’s daughter enters a convent . Parents and pro-life activists in New Zealand have protested the government’s support for pre-natal screening , which in effect if not intent encourages the abortion of children with Down Syndrome. A theorist for . . . . Continue Reading »

“The Dude” urges people to stay married and offers advice in how to do it. Cambridge classicist Mary Beard describes her visit to St. Peter’s in Rome . A Reformed theologian reflects on his visit to Rome , and on Catholic superstitions. And also on how Catholics misunderstand . . . . Continue Reading »

A friend responding to my The Advent Search (Monday’s “On the Square” column), writes: It reminds me of an apostate former Catholic friend who said: “Why bother to be an atheist? It takes too much energy. Far better to be an agnostic . . . .”  But sooner or later, . . . . Continue Reading »

My apology for a later notice than usual, but it’s a deadline day. Today we have two articles in “On the Square”: First, David Hart’s regular Friday column, today titled A Forgotten Poet , the story of Aimé Foinpré (1841-1880), who “died a hundred and thirty . . . . Continue Reading »

Tomorrow the European Court of Human Rights will announce their decision in   ABC v. Ireland , which could, writes William Saunders of Americans United for Life, “become the Roe v. Wade of Europe.” A legal consultant to pro-life intervenors in the case, he’s written an . . . . Continue Reading »

Our friend and author John Haldane has been elected the chairman of the Royal Institute of Philosophy . As the Witherspoon Institute reports: The Royal Institute was founded in 1925 by leading public philosophers of the day: Samuel Alexander, Alfred Balfour, L. T. Hobhouse, Harold Laski, and . . . . Continue Reading »

In The Advent Search , today’s “On the Square” article, I try to address the kind of “search” for God that never seems to get anywhere, and doesn’t seem intended to get anywhere, and reflect on the meaning of Advent for those who truly seek the truth. . . . . Continue Reading »

“Derek? Who’s Derek?” begins a flyer I have in my files. “He isn’t a prophet or a god, just a member of the Unitarian-Universalist Community at Pitt. You see, we draw upon many sources in our search for truth. Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism. And most importantly You [sic]. After all, you determine your own faith.” … . Continue Reading »