Mary Rose Somarriba

Wesley Smith has known for a long time that Jack Kevorkian was creepy. And thanks to Wesley and Rita L. Marker and others, First Things readers have come to know this as well. And now, to confirm their assessments on creepiness, comes Sanjay Gupta’s interview with Kevorkian on CCN. When . . . . Continue Reading »

Thanks to all for making last week’s event with Michael Wyschogrod a success! We had quite an engaging discussion about Prof. Wyschogrod’s proposal in his recent article published in the May issue of FIRST THINGS: ” A King in Israel .” Keep reading FT Online to hear about . . . . Continue Reading »

Only a direct quotation from the article could possibly explain: Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said. They are at odds, . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s a Friday-evening post to start your weekend off right. This eight-month-old baby is deaf, but, with the help of a Cochlear implant, he can hear his mother’s voice for the first time. Amazing. . . . . Continue Reading »

Ryan ‘s onto something. Just walking around New York at lunchtime today I ran into two commercial signs of Earth-day cheer. That’s right! Spend $125 and we’ll give you an eco-tote that probably cost 5 cents to produce! Or, how about this, more in tune with the true meaning of . . . . Continue Reading »

Be sure to check out Fr. Edward T. Oakes’ unique take on the sex-abuse scandal news coverage in today’s On the Square piece . A snippet: I have long felt that we Catholics will know that this crisis has finally been put behind us, at least in the United States, when the bishops, in one . . . . Continue Reading »

You might have seen the billboard for the new HBO movie on Jack Kevorkian. I did, this week, on the walk to work. It shows a close-up of Al Pacino, who plays Jack Kevorkian in the movie, with heavy glasses and a half grin on his face. The caption reads “Is This the Face of a Killer?” My . . . . Continue Reading »

The photographer of this shot noted: “A saintly statue adorned with fur hat and stole.” See more photos of New York’s snowy adornments here . . . . . Continue Reading »

The Mardi Gras season in New Orleans starts weeks in advance of today’s actual celebration, and is traditionally known as a time for people to celebrate excess in the days leading up to Lent—forty days of fasting. In some ways, though, Mardi Gras has become a celebration of vice before . . . . Continue Reading »

Our Lady of Pompeii could pass for City Hall if it weren’t for its adjoining tower, raising a cross for all to see over Sixth Avenue and Father Demo Square in the West Village. Even then, there’s hardly an outward sign that this is a Catholic Church—that is, until one opens the . . . . Continue Reading »