Every Sunday at 6 P.M., the Church of the Ascension, a Catholic parish on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, offers a Mass at which, according to the church website, “a jazz trio plays original compositions, arrangements of traditional hymns and music by composers such as Billy Strayhorn and . . . . Continue Reading »
I spoke, in the new issue of the Weekly Standard , about the effect of the atmosphere created by all the reporting on clerical abuse: The best sign of such hysterical moments may be the difficulty of anything sane or sensible being heard in them. As Newsweek noted on April 8, the surveys and . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things editor Joseph Bottum will be a keynote speaker next month at a major conference on defending human dignity through love: The Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project is proud to collaborate with the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in hosting a major international conference in . . . . Continue Reading »
It seems the biblical narrative underestimated the size of Noah’s fleet: Has Noah’s Ark Been Found on Turkish Mountaintop? With such a flotilla littering the slopes of Mount Ararat, it’s a wonder he wasn’t charged harbour . . . . Continue Reading »
At the Center for a Just Society, Nathan Hitchen has a superb essay in which he argues that religion must be the centerpiece of a successful U.S. public diplomacy efforts: The success of U.S. democracy promotion in the Middle East hangs on the credibility of American policymakers to empathetically . . . . Continue Reading »
If you ask noted pacifist John Howard Yoder , the answer is unequivocally “yes.” Writes Yoder: The answer of the pre-Constantinian church was negative; the Christian as an agent of God for reconciliation has other things to do than to be in police service . . . . Christians saw . . . . Continue Reading »
If these stories are true—and I believe they are—China is a monster state. I have previously covered credible charges that Falun Gong prisoners are killed and their organs sold, stating that while there was not enough proof for a “conviction” beyond a reasonable doubt, . . . . Continue Reading »
“Remember that a baby that has a dummy [pacifier] is like a tiger that has tasted blood,” warned an English health pamphlet from of about 100 years ago. Perversions were thought likely to follow, explains Nicholas Day in an article titled (an editor’s dream) Babies Suck . . . . . Continue Reading »
The occasional signs and wonders can, well, do wonders to keep faith alive. In some cases, they actually keep you alive. An Australian newspaper reported just recently that a man who attempted suicide at a notorious cliff in Sydney was saved from death by a rogue wave which—by at least one . . . . Continue Reading »
CNA New s reports that Pope Benedict is expected to announce the creation of a new dicastery in the Curia. The Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization will be dedicated to the re-evangelization of Western countries that have lost their Christian identity. Andrea Tornielli, the Vatican . . . . Continue Reading »
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