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Infanticide: A Symposium

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The Journal of Medical Ethics  sparked a firestorm last February when it ran the article  “After-Birth Abortion: Why Should the Baby Live?”  They have now devoted an entire issue , much of it open-access, to that topic. Many of its contributors will be familiar names . . . . Continue Reading »

Arguing Against Abortion

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A recent inquiry from a college instructor in search of philosophical arguments on the morality of abortion inspired us to compile the below list of resources, which, though far from comprehensive, may be of use to pro-lifers. I’ve sorted the list by type of resource. Free online articles: . . . . Continue Reading »

Pinturicchio’s Native Americans

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An art restorer at the Vatican has discovered what may be the first Western painting of Native Americans, hidden under grime in a fresco finished in 1494. The painting is Pinturicchio’s “ Christ’s Resurrection ,” and the newly uncovered figures—-“nude men, . . . . Continue Reading »

Soccer Players and Saints

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Rorandelli Rocco for The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal ran a nice feature  this weekend on the Clericus Cup, ”a [soccer] tournament that pits squads from 16 seminaries against each other in a battle for [Rome’s] Catholic sports bragging rights—with the . . . . Continue Reading »

David Mills on C. S. Lewis

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The New York C. S. Lewis Society will host our own David Mills for a lecture on the great Inkling next week here in Manhattan: “A Writer Looks at How Lewis Wrote So Well” Friday, April 12 7:30 p.m. The Parish House of The Church of the Ascension . . . . Continue Reading »