Coming soon to a church near you, if you’re unfortunate: The World Council of Churches is sponsoring the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel [sic] from May 29th to June 4th. They take one side: The week calls participants to seek justice for Palestinians so that both Israelis and . . . . Continue Reading »
While George Weigel writes about the advance of the Russians in Ukraine —a story echoed today by John Allen —and we learn about the return, finally, of Moscow-area monasteries confiscated by the Communists , here’s another piece of Russian news: “Moscow Metro forced to delay . . . . Continue Reading »
Unbelievably beautiful and informative scrollable display of all of the Sistine Chapel —the perfect web display. . . . . Continue Reading »
Moscow turns ownership of public monasteries over to Orthodox Church , and this has upset the museum establishment. The latest building to be returned to the Church after being stolen by the Bolsheviks 80 or 90 years ago is “the stunning 16th-century fortified convent of Novodevichy, a pearl . . . . Continue Reading »
Social outlaws are in the news. The USA has its Kevorkian. Canada, its Robert Latimer. And Germany, “artist” Gunther van Hagens, who plasticizes bodies for display—including a depiction of corpses engaged in coitus. Now, he’s offering to sell the body . . . . Continue Reading »
Science capabilities are taking us into ethical conflicts because we are at the place where the most helpless human beings are being coveted for use as objects to be exploited like any other natural recourse. Adding insult to injury, many justify this approach by resorting to junk . . . . Continue Reading »
Because it’s important to be transparent about biases before one starts a review like this, I have at least 3 going into this blog post:[1] The DVD I am about to review was provided by Zondervan explicitly and only if I promised to review it. That promise was secured because when I watched the . . . . Continue Reading »
The following is a list of favorite works of imaginative literature compiled by a literary snob. Unlike similar lists you won’t find anything as daunting as Finnegan’s Wake or as faddish as whatever Oprah is shilling to her book club. In fact, on first glance the inclusion of children’s books . . . . Continue Reading »
The American Academy of Pediatrics does not condone female genital cutting. If on reading that statement your first thought was, “Was that ever in question?” then you are, in my opinion, both (a) morally sane, and (b) behind on the news .* The American Academy of Pediatrics has . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m in the slightly uncomfortable position of pointing this morning to the new “On the Square” without being able to use the word “commend,” since I wrote it. (My parents were big on “Don’t point to yourself” and the lesson stuck.) So: please read . . . . Continue Reading »
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