I was asked by First Things to write an “On the Square” essay about the awful comments by the novelist Martin Amis, who yearned for “euthanasia boxes” to be placed on every corner to do away with the “stinking” elderly. I did. From my piece, . . . . Continue Reading »
So Marc Guerra (America’s leading theologian) and I are finalists for a big SCIENCE OF VIRTUE grant at the University of Chicago. Although I doubt we’ll win, we deserve to win. That’s because we alone are defending the one true “stuck with virtue” science of virtue. . . . . Continue Reading »
When confronted with an absurd conspiracy theory, a rational personal often precedes through three stages: (1) dismissal (“No one can believe anything that ridiculous.”), incredulity (“I can’t believe people are buying this nonsense.”), and despair (“Will someone . . . . Continue Reading »
Whenever I worry what I would do if I was ever sent to prison, I take comfort in the idea that I could while away the time the way I did in my mispent youth: playing Dungeons & Dragons . So much for that plan. According to Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy : In a decision issued today the 7th . . . . Continue Reading »
So saith NPR: Catholic Church Joins Blogosphere; Pope Urges Priests To Blog Welcome, Catholics! I’ve never understood why you guys haven’t caught on to the whole blogging thing before, but we’re certainly glad to have you and are looking forward to seeing what you can do with this . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, as promised I’m going to try to talk about my upcoming oral final exam, an Old Testament homily for my late-vocations class that I’m taking. We were given the task of selecting a OT lection (reading section from the liturgical rubrics) and give an approximately 10 minute homily on . . . . Continue Reading »
A disciple and companion of St. Paul to whom the great saint addressed one of his letters. Paul referred to Titus as “my true child in our common faith”. Not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, he was noted in Galatians where Paul writes of journeying to Jerusalem with Barnabas, . . . . Continue Reading »
The news today is that Pope Benedict XVI is calling on priests to enter the blogosphere and upload their ministry. The official statement is “The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word.”Evangel readers probably don’t need much . . . . Continue Reading »
The expansion of the GOP’s “Big Tent” to include ideas that social convervatives find distasteful is inevitable in today’s political climate. But I never would have suspected that Republican politicians would feel comfortable enough to champion themes and techniques that are . . . . Continue Reading »
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