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I am not in the habit of looking for helpful economic commentary from American Catholic bishops, but this is worthy of note. The Bishop of Brooklyn, in his weekly column, discusses the current economic situation, and shows more understanding than most of our political or journalistic class: Fighting Poverty to Build Peace. At the same [...]
At the risk of sounding like too much of a grouch, I nevertheless want to express my disappointment at most of the cards my family received these past few weeks. Very few mentioned Christmas at all, much less had any explicit religious content. This is especially unsettling because most of the people who sent us [...]
How about we Catholic Americans dedicate the New Year to fostering life: America has a strong tradition of respect for the individual, for human dignity and human rights. I gladly acknowledged this during my previous visit to the United States in 1987, and I would like to repeat today the hope I expressed on that [...]
“The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why.” G. K. Chesterton, “On Christmas”, Generally Speaking
This post is written from an expressly Roman Catholic perspective, with an intended audience of other Roman Catholics. If you are not Catholic, you are more than welcome to read it, but please do not be surprised that it makes assumptions and appeals to authority that have no meaning for you. My goal in this [...]
OK, so the title is a bit much, but it’s not completely unwarranted, as I’ll set forth below. Joss Whedon — the creator of , among other things, both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel — is an atheist, but he is also too good of a writer to allow his personal beliefs overly infect [...]
If you google “downs abortion percentage,” you will find references to studies documenting that babies like Trig, with Downs syndrome, are aborted at a rate of 85-93 per cent. I think all children — like Trig or not — deserve legal protection. A good number of people, including one political party and especially its current [...]
The movie Prince Caspian has gotten lukewarm reviews for the most part, but my daughter and I very much enjoyed it. Reading the reviews, I get the sense that many people decided in advance that they wouldn’t like it. Either they do not much like fantasy, or Christian fiction, or they are serious Christians who [...]
This is another one of my favorite quotes, this time from C.S. Lewis: God sent the human race what I call good dreams: I mean those queer stories scattered all through the heathen religions about a god who dies and comes to life again and, by his death, has somehow given new life to men. [...]
