Matthew Cantirino

In case you’ve missed it, this is happening: This afternoon, Georgetown announced the speakers for each school’s commencement address. Here is the list: [...] Former governor of Kansas and current secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, will be . . . . Continue Reading »

David Barton received a quick mention in yesterday’s “First Links,” as he’s rapidly become a celebrity in evangelical circles for purportedly offering a reinterpretation of America’s Founding Fathers and their views of religion in public life. Those concerned to . . . . Continue Reading »

Methodists Reject Israel Boycott by Crushing Margin Walter Russell Mead,  The American Interest Chen Guangcheng & China’s War on Girls Jing Zhang,  National Review National Day of Prayer: Is It Worth the Fuss? Kristan Doerfler,   Houston Chronicle It’s Been Said Peter . . . . Continue Reading »

A conservatism that is allergic to high culture’s guardians’ intrinsic claim to bear something higher is not very conservative at all.  Continue Reading »

A recent article in the British press suggests the trend of empty seminaries and convents may be leveling off there, too, as it is in this country . Though the Times site is behind a paywall, there’s a partial summary of the piece on the Bridges and Tangents blog: Until recently, nuns in . . . . Continue Reading »

Who Is David Barton? Randall Stephens,  CNN Belief Blog Mormonism Fastest-Growing Faith in US Kevin Eckstrom,  USA Today The Death Penalty, Cowboy Culture, and G. K. Chesterton Julie Rodrigues,   Ignitum Today Was Machiavelli’s Unbelief Atheism? Nick Spencer,  The Guardian . . . . Continue Reading »

Obedience, writes Elizabeth Scalia , is a spiritual discipline desperately in need of recovery (especially for American Catholics) given ongoing challenges in the Church and more recent eruptions like the LCWR report. Obedience, or really, our refusal to practice it, is at the heart of most of our . . . . Continue Reading »

Novels, Memoirs, and More for American Religion Courses Randall Stephens,  Religion in American History Blog Paul Ryan and Dorothy Day at Georgetown William McGurn,  Wall Street Journal Occupy Wall Street: A Post-Mortem? Lachlan Markay,  The Foundry Democracies: What They Don’t . . . . Continue Reading »

David Clayton delves into iconography—specifically, the more-overlooked realm of  Western  iconography—in  a post  at  New Liturgical Movement . His goal is twofold: first, to explore and educate about the tradition; second, to contribute to the ongoing revival . . . . Continue Reading »

As others have noted , today is the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, instituted by Pope Pius XII in part to serve as a counterpoint to that high holiday of socialism, May Day (celebrations of which evidently  still persist , albeit in marginal and mildly annoying form). For some related . . . . Continue Reading »