Christopher Palko describes the conservative coalition at the March for Marriage : The March for Marriage had without a doubt the most racially diverse crowd that I had ever seen associated with a right-of-center political cause. On the Mall, you would hear Spanish being spoken behind you, an . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard John Neuhaus writing in the magazine after the funeral for Pope John Paul II, reporting “the state of the chatter”: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires is high on every list. Known as an incisive thinker and intensely holy man living an austere life, it is held against him . . . . Continue Reading »
this point about social and parental pressure is really important: I say this as someone who married late, and since I wouldn’t want to have married anyone except my husband, I’m glad I waited. But as a general rule, you should err on the side of marrying early. By which I . . . . Continue Reading »
From Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s Good Friday homily at St. Peter’s: Despite all the misery, injustice, the monstrosities present on Earth, he has already inaugurated the final order in the world. What we see with our own eyes may suggest otherwise, but in reality evil and death . . . . Continue Reading »
This Easter I’m reflecting on how much ground we Evangelicals still have to recover in connecting our faith to the institutions of human civilization. We make this connection in a few isolated cases, especially marriage (as recent headlines have reminded us). But the empty tomb and the series of . . . . Continue Reading »
When Pope John XXIII was asked, “How many people work in the Vatican?” his response was, “About half.” via reddit . . . . Continue Reading »
Easter Sunday, the Obama family worshipped at St. John’s Church , across Lafayette Square from the White House. The audio recording of the sermon is not yet available on the church’s website, but you can read the press summary here . It seems in some way to be addressed to those . . . . Continue Reading »
Egotistic Adoration Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P., Dominicana Waiting for the Bells Elliot Milco, Fare Forward Classic Correction Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner Swimming With Leviathan Kenneth Minogue, New Criterion The Secret World of Garbagemen Heather Horn, Atlantic . . . . Continue Reading »
Commended to your attention is this summer’s conference at Portsmouth Abbey, Catholicism and the American Experience . Leading the speakers is our own George Weigel, who’ll be talking on “Catholics in an Unfamiliar America.” Other speakers include the Bishop of . . . . Continue Reading »
I’d like to direct readers’ attention to a new online journal, Second Nature , dedicated to “critical thinking about technology and new media in light of the Christian tradition,” founded by a faculty friend and two former students of mine from Wheaton College, Dr. Read . . . . Continue Reading »
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