Rob is on to something when he says we’ll soon be living in a world where women will “have some of their eggs harvested and frozen in their twenties, spend a couple of decades building a career, and then use the eggs to become pregnant in their forties or fifties.” And . . . . Continue Reading »
I sometimes hear from people with serious illnesses telling me they are thinking about getting stem cell treatments from non reliable sources. I always urge them not to and be careful. Here is one reason why: A woman is being jailed for falsely promising to cure Lou Gehrig’s disease with stem . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times has a funny article not on a devotional practice, but on the consequences of a devotional practice. As we all know, devout Muslims pray five times a day in the direction of Mecca as one of the five pillars of their faith. The news regularly runs footage of crowds kneeling in . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a tale of woe. According to this story in the American Lawyer , lawyers in Manhattan’s elite law firms—the kinds of places where partners make $1 million a year and more—are depressed because they don’t make as much money as financial professionals. Alas, . . . . Continue Reading »
The human cloners over at Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures are sure a disingenuous lot, for example, claiming in Amendment 2 to have outlawed human cloning when the measure actually created a state constitutional right to clone human life.Now, a representative has a letter in the St. Louis . . . . Continue Reading »
Several years ago, the Montana Supreme Court basically ruled that whatever a patient wants to do with a willing medical provider should not be impeded by the government. Not surprisingly, as I mentioned here at SHS, it bred a lawsuit to create a state right to assisted suicide in the Big Sky State. . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks, Rob, that helps . I think you’re right as far as the general thrust of recent CDF statements goes (think of Dominus Iesus , or the recent clarification on the meaning of the word Church), I guess I just found your exclamation ” Take that, Karl Rahner ” to be a bit . . . . Continue Reading »
What you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. (2 Tim. 2:2) The Congregation for the Clergy has a new online resource, Biblia Clerus , excellent for clergy, catechists, and anyone seeking to read the Word of God in light of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Last year a good friend introduced me to a song that has become my new favorite Christmas carol. It’s also the shortest one I’ve ever heard, at just over a minute long. According to Wikipedia , “Adam Lay Ybounden” is a 15th century song attributed to an anonymous wandering . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s U2 rock-star Bono gushing over Al Gore in the new issue of Time Magazine. Gore is a runner-up for Person of the Year. Putin is the Person of the Year . Oh how I yearn for the days when “You!” was the Person of the Year . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
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