Matthew Cantirino

Revisiting the Anointing of the Sick: Some Problems Today Fr. Mark A. Pilon,  Homiletic & Pastoral Review In the Purgatorial Emporium Bradley J. Birzer,  Imaginative Conservative The Seen and Unseen in Our Social Liberation Theodore Dalrymple,  Liberty Law Site Religious Liberty . . . . Continue Reading »

For those of us following the crisis in Europe with any degree of intensity, it’s difficult not to sense an absence of hope among even the most sincere continental technocrats. This absence extends beyond the moralizing response to sovereign debt (which faults national “greed,” . . . . Continue Reading »

Forging Consensus on Human Dignity at Rio+20 Elyssa Koren,  The Corner Unforgettable Images of the Priesthood Tom Hoopes,  National Catholic Register Introducing a New Orthodox Web Journal Shawn Tribe,  New Liturgical Movement What Does It Mean to Explore the World Through Story? . . . . Continue Reading »

David Skeel writes in the Wall Street Journal about an emerging conundrum in the law: How to separate the confession of sins from the confession of crimes, especially when that act takes place in a non-traditional or ambiguously religious context. Taking the case of a recently-apprehended murderer . . . . Continue Reading »

Single Dads by Choice Jennifer Ludden,  NPR Benedict XVI and Catholic Ecology William L. Patenaude,  Catholic World Report Brain Death: An Orthodox Jewish Take Daniel Riefman,  Tradition Dying, Without Reason, in Massachusetts Hadley Arkes,  The Catholic Thing The Ronald Knox . . . . Continue Reading »

My Last Post as an Atheist Leah Libresco,  Patheos Lies, Truth, and Live Action’s Tactics Christopher O. Tollefsen,  Public Discourse ‘Measurable Outcomes’ and Higher Education Peter Lawler,  Big Think Catholic Health Association Drops Support for HHS Plan Dan . . . . Continue Reading »

An Interview with N. T. Wright Patton Dodd,  Patheos Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic Vatican to Control “.catholic” Domain Name Cindy Wooden,  CNS New Evidence for ‘John the Baptist Bones’ Telegraph The Sacred . . . . Continue Reading »

Mark Movsesian has a long piece in the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion analyzing the conditions under which religious symbols can be displayed in public settings. Recognizing that this is, in the words of NYU law professor Joseph Weiler, a “debate that won’t go away” in either . . . . Continue Reading »

The Evolution of Religion Charles Mathewes,  The American Interest Quo Vadis? The Now-Catholic Crystal Cathedral Duncan Stroik,  Sacred Architecture EU: Neither Savior Nor Destroyer of Europe Brendan O’Neill,  Spiked The Military Bible Emblem Debate Bob Allen,  ABP . . . . Continue Reading »

149 Protestant Leaders Petition for Broader Mandate Exemption David Gibson,  Christian Century Of “Sacred Eloquence” in Christian Preaching Fr. Ryan Erlenbush,  New Theological Movement Southern Baptists Set to Elect First Black Leader Travis Loller,  Houston Chronicle . . . . Continue Reading »