Art historians think the recent study of the amount of food in pictures of the Last Supper doesn’t prove what it claims to prove, and that maybe the artists just liked to paint. A Catholic biker couple explains their work in the Catholic Cross Bearers motorcycle apostolate . Christopher . . . . Continue Reading »
I was in Australia when the Final Exit Network put up their pro assisted suicide billboards. I responded to the event in some interviews, but felt it appropriate to weigh in with a more detailed analysis. It appears today in To The Source. I begin by describing the two tracks of assisted . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, reporter of all things Catholic John Allen covered the story of the pentennial International Pilgrimage of Altar Servers that brought an estimated 50,000 alter servers to Rome for a rally with the Holy Father. Of particular interest, Allen notes, was the predominance of female attendees: . . . . Continue Reading »
Coming tomorrow in “On the Square,” David Hart reflects on Julian the Apostate—once described in my hearing, by someone confused by the “X the Y” title, as “St. Julian the Apostate”—and how similar he is to us. In the meantime, if you have not read them . . . . Continue Reading »
A new international study of healing prayer published in the Southern Medical Journa l suggests that prayer for another person’s healing can be effective if the one praying is physically near the person being prayed for: Subjects exhibited improved hearing and vision that was statistically . . . . Continue Reading »
Today I wrote about the culture of intimidation in academia , a mentality confident that it should censure and punish traditional views of sexual morality. Although it was not available when I wrote the column, this morning I was fascinated to read Judge Walker’s decision to rule . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s second “On the Square” article, George Weigel explains What Gettysburg Means . If, he writes, Gettysburg was the pivot of the Civil War, and if the Civil War changed the country from “the United States are . . . ” to “the United States . . . . Continue Reading »
For our midwestern readers, at least those on the eastern side of the Midwest, news of two conferences being held in Pittsburgh: The first, which starts this afternoon, is the Newman Association of America’s annual conference . The main speakers include Fr. Ian Ker, author of the major . . . . Continue Reading »
I make it a point of not criticizing people who commit suicide. None of us knows what might cause such despair that we decide to terminate ourselves. Indeed, my focus is on how a loving community responds to the suicidal despair of our brothers and sisters, not on judging people who have . . . . Continue Reading »
“The Allied bombings in Europe, then, and the firebombing and atomic bombing in Japan, seem to have been deliberate targeting of civilian populations: in other words, intentional attacks on innocent human life,” writes Christopher Tollefsen in The Abiding Significance of Hiroshima . . . . Continue Reading »
Subscribe
Latest Issue
Support First Things
