Walter Cardinal Kasper, who heads the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, told a Liverpool university audience yesterday that the Catholic Church had weakened itself by “cutting itself off from its Jewish roots for centuries . . . a weakness that became evident in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of George Weigel’s Storm Clouds in Ukraine (yesterday’s “On the Square” article), will be interested in two stories from Ukraine: the short news announcement Pope Benedict XVI to visit Ukraine in 2012 and the description of the Russian Orthodox Church’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Terrorists have unsuccessfully attempted to kill innocent people by detonating an explosive packed on a donkey cart. From the story:A small Syrian-backed terrorist group in Gaza said its activists blew up a donkey cart laden with explosives close to the border with Israel on Tuesday, killing . . . . Continue Reading »
I sent out a notice about Father Oakes’ “On the Square” article, Atheism’s Just So Scenarios , to a list of apologetics websites. Among the responses was one from a writer who said he’d looked at our website and: I also saw that you had a section called . . . . Continue Reading »
Pierre Pidoux’s edited volume, Le psautier huguenot du XVIe siècle: Mélodies et documents, contains a fascinating lectionary for singing through the entire Psalter in the course of 25 weeks, or approximately half a year. This was used in Geneva during the 16th century. I am unaware . . . . Continue Reading »
Although some of the Catholic Church’s critics have revived the old prejudices of the Catholic Church as a monolith, the better to sue her, “the Church is much closer to a confederation of families than a modern corporation,” points out Archbishop Charles Chaput in today’s . . . . Continue Reading »
As study of tens of thousands of couples in Britain, Germany and Australia reveals that a happiness gap between spouses was a predictor of divorce—but only when the husband was feeling better about life than his wife: The happiness gap widened when wives were lumbered with most of the . . . . Continue Reading »
At Christianity Today , Christopher Benson—one of our bloggers at Evangel —interviews James Davison Hunter about his new book and why Christian strategies to transform culture are ineffective: Benson: Why are the principal strategies for cultural change failing? Hunter: Evangelism, . . . . Continue Reading »
I completely agree with you, Matt . Friday Night Lights is hands down the best show on television. Admittedly, since I’m from rural Texas and a fan of high school football, I’m culturally predisposed to love the show. But even if I weren’t I’d still adore it for one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
The important question, as Abraham Piper points out , is what we’re going to watch now that Lost has left our lives for good. I liked Lost . A lot. I have to say that and repeat it so the Losties don’t kill me for what comes next: it wasn’t the best show on television the past three . . . . Continue Reading »
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