Synod. The Proposal of a “Third Way”
Sandro Magister, Chiesa
Pope Francis, Tony Palmer, an iPhone & the Holy Spirit
Sean Connolly, Patheos
How Raising the Minimum Wage Hurts Small Bookstores
Gracy Olmstead, The American Conservative
Alba
Rick Mullin, The New Criterion
Another Misguided MOOC
Samuel Goldman, The American Conservative
Is the West's Loss of Faith Terminal?
Antony Gormley, Standpoint
Interview: David Brooks on sin and the state of his soul
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post
Millennials and Marriage: We've Lost the Concept of What Love Is
Matt Hadro, National Catholic Register
I went on a vacation last week and took with me Charles Singleton's beautiful updated edition of John Payne's translation of Boccaccio's Decameron. It's a perfect vacation book: large (952 pages in my edition), escapist (the characters retreat to the country to escape the Black Death ravaging Florence), and diverting. My intent was to read the tales of the book as they are told by its characters, ten per day. My vacation was cut short by unhappy circumstances, but my reading of the Decameron has continued, and continued to be a delight.
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1 Paul begat Augustine;2 Augustine begat Thomas, 3 Bonaventure, Bernard, Anselm, Boethius,4 And Scotus, who prospered before his brothers.5 Forsooth the son of Scotus was Ockham.6 And the sons of Ockham were Luther and Calvin.7 And their sons were Division and . . . . Continue Reading »
Science and Miracles
Brother Thomas Davenport, O.P., Dominicana
Why Women Aren't Having Children
Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic
Littlemore Tracts
R.M.A. Pilon, Littlemore Tracts
Syrian Christian Leader Warns, We Could Disappear
John L. Allen, Crux
It's not a petition, strictly speaking. It's a statement of fidelity to the Catholic Church's historic teaching on sex and marriage. Originally signed by nearly five hundred English priests in March, it's now being circulated in the United States at credopriests.org and available for priest here to sign. Here's the statement: Continue Reading »
The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology
Thomas Joseph White, O.P., CUA Press
Copts and Robbers
Richard Tada, The Weekly Standard
Options
James Chastek, Just Thomism
A “War” Between Science and Religion?
Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing
What's Owed
Dan Rosenberg, Verse Daily
The Vatican’s recent announcement that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Robert Finn, of the diocese of Kansas City–St. Joseph, has given relief and new hope to victims of sexual abuse in the Church. Technically, the Pope didn’t directly “remove” Finn, as the media has . . . . Continue Reading »
The GOP Washington establishment is launching an attack on Scott Walker because he tentatively (and vaguely) suggested that Republicans need to do a rethink on immigration. Continue Reading »
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