Nathaniel Peters

My find of the day was in the March 2005 Public Square—a William James poem that captures one difference between the sexes: Hogamous, higamous Man is polygamous Higamous, hogamous Woman monogamous. The poem may not have been James’ and he may not have been sober when composing it, but, . . . . Continue Reading »

Tom Hoopes, the editor of the National Catholic Register responds to Fr. Raymond de Souza’s article : Father Raymond J. de Souza has written for the Register since 1997 and was the Register’s Rome correspondent from 1999—2003. Our publisher, Father Owen Kearns, knew of Father . . . . Continue Reading »

We have already run two articles on the crisis within the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi. The first, by George Weigel , highlights the gravity of the situation and the need for a legate directly responsible to the pope to take charge of the Legion and save what can be saved. The second, by Fr. . . . . Continue Reading »

” Holy Water, Abstinence, and Mimes ” In case you’re wondering, the article answers questions about their use in keeping Lent. The answers were yes, yes, and no. . . . . Continue Reading »

John Tierney warns in today’s New York Times that some scientists are entering the political fray offering more political arguments and fewer well-reasoned, scientific ones. Dr. Roger Pielke Jr., a professor at the University of Colorado, argues this in a recent book, The Honest Broker . He . . . . Continue Reading »

In 2004, Archbishop Timothy Dolan gave our annual Erasmus Lecture entitled “The Bishops in Council” on the history of the American Catholic episcopate, the topic of his doctoral research. Click here to read the article. . . . . Continue Reading »

The young adults group of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York has organized twenty-four hours of confession at various parishes in New York. From 7:00 AM Friday, March 6 to 7:00 AM Friday, March 7 at at least one parish in the city a priest will be on hand to hear confessions. If you’re . . . . Continue Reading »

Looking through our archives today I was delighted to find Alan Jacobs’ “review” of Kahlil Gibran’s Collected Works . If you could use a good chuckle, give it a read . Here’s the beginning: Expansive and yet vacuous is the prose of Kahlil Gibran, And weary grows the . . . . Continue Reading »

“Abba Poemen said to Abba Isaac, ‘Let go of a small part of your righteousness and in a few days you will be at peace.’” — Becoming Fire: Through the Year With the Desert Fathers and Mothers . . . . Continue Reading »

Portsmouth Abbey, the renowned boarding school in Rhode Island, is hosting its first annual Portsmouth Institute conference entitled “The Catholic William F. Buckley Jr”: Speakers will include Buckley’s son, author Christopher Buckley, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, New . . . . Continue Reading »