Elizabeth Scalia on marriage as an Office : We talk about vocations and “one’s state in life,” but I wonder if we would not better serve both clarity and charity by considering that beyond baptism we are called to an Office. Since all Offices are callings, then all servants are equal . . . . Continue Reading »
Again, here at pomocon what we really want is for you to read all 28 erudite pages of Jim’s piece. Really. It’s quite accessible, too. But for you lazy ones out there seeking a good laugh, another reason to like Will Smith, and a more, er . . . bottom-line expression of American . . . . Continue Reading »
One morning at breakfast, when she was in the first or second grade, E. L. Doctorow’s daughter, Caroline, asked her father to write a note explaining her absence from school, due to a cold, the previous day. Doctorow began, “My daughter, Caroline . . . . ” He stopped. “Of . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers may be interested in perusing the text of Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s remarks to the graduating class at the Catholic University of America, delivered this past weekend. In what was likely one of the more important addresses of this commencement season (and anyone who’s . . . . Continue Reading »
The Rev. Dr. Amy C. Schifrin, pastor of Mission in Christ and Faith Lutheran Churches in Iowa, writes about the time she went to a Planned Parenthood clinic to get a pregnancy test: Lacking a home physician, we made an appointment at the local Planned Parenthood clinic where I could have a . . . . Continue Reading »
Pro-or-con, I have found most takes on American Exceptionalism rather tiresome. Especially over the last few years. Our Jim shows you here, (the correct link) however, why it matters and is anything but a tiresome subject. More discussion in the post below. Like Jim’s best . . . . Continue Reading »
The Final Exit Network “counsels” suicidal people on how to kill themselves with helium and a plastic bag. They also “attend” the suicides and apparently “clean up” afterwards so that investigators are unaware of the helium element in the deaths.This . . . . Continue Reading »
When Catholics Were Cristeros Nicholas G. Hahn, RealClearReligion Religion, Reality Television Influence American Baby Names Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press How Do We Develop the Cultural Sensibilities of Children? David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement First Italian March for Life . . . . Continue Reading »
Things like, 1. I would prefer that a Greek default not produce an international banking crisis or even an international economic slowdown that hurts the US economy. But it is possible (I guess.) 2. I would prefer that Iran peacefully gives up its nuclear program so that Israel . . . . Continue Reading »
The Washington Post runs a weekly feature in its Sunday “Outlook” section, examining “Five Myths About” something new each week. Of course the whole point about such a feature is to have a guest writer debunk some notions that are widely believed to be true but . . . . Continue Reading »
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