Pope Benedict devoted the talk at yesterday’s general audience to a full throated commendation of the theology of St. Thomas. After detailing the way in which the Angelic Doctor gets the relation of faith and reason just right, the Pope concludes : St. Thomas offers us a wide and enduring . . . . Continue Reading »
Something a parent thinks about: Long Road to Adulthood Is Growing Even Longer : People between 20 and 34 are taking longer to finish their educations, establish themselves in careers, marry, have children and become financially independent . . . . Marriage and parenthood — once seen as . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Neglected Fireplace: Protestantism and the Arts , today’s “On the Square” article, Matthew Milliner argues that “Protestant churches have come to a new level of liturgical maturity, understanding the necessity for restraint, humility, and historical precedent . . . . Continue Reading »
It is now a joke, really. But now the warnings of increasingly dire soon-to-be calamities caused by global warming have reached the ultimate end—human extinction. From the column by Andrew Bolt: WE humans are about to be wiped out in a few decades. The grandchildren of many of us . . . . Continue Reading »
In May of last year, Joseph Bottum gave account in “ At the Gates of Notre Dame ” of the perfect storm set in motion by the University of Notre Dame’s public veneration of President Obama, which brought preexisting tensions between public Catholicism and university life to a head. . . . . Continue Reading »
Timothy Dalrymple offers an intriguingly persuasive case that Tea Party movement could be considered a social justice campaign: Since it is intent on the formation of a more accountable and more restrained government that will better serve the interest of all Americans: Is the Tea Party . . . . Continue Reading »
At the end of their 4-page Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Goldman Sachs declares that they reserve the right to “waive” certain provisions contained in the document. Well that certainly makes for an easy conscience, doesn’t it? American Public Media’s Kai Ryssdal . . . . Continue Reading »
My post on slaves and sons reminded me of a point I’ve been thinking that I don’t think I’ve ever discussed with anyone or written anything about. The term “gender-inclusive” has come to be associated with a certain translation philosophy in Bible translation, namely . . . . Continue Reading »
From the BBC comes the strangest, most awesome lead paragraph I’ve ever read in a news story: A German student “mooned” a group of Hell’s Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said. Anyone have an example of an opening paragraph . . . . Continue Reading »
This undoubtedly isn’t true, nor do I really want it to be because it would involve assault. But still, the premise has definite appeal. From the “story:”Johnstown, PA (GlossyNews) – Local and state police scoured the hills outside rural Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after reports . . . . Continue Reading »
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