Mary Rose Somarriba

The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization that Wiley-Blackwell approved to print is, on second thought, “too Christian,” according to Edward Feser’s report at National Review Online . After receiving outside pressure, they took sudden action to “postpone publication, recall . . . . Continue Reading »

The task of fervent atheists just got harder . But I suppose their work’s cut out for them . . . if religion is hard-wired in the brain, then one just needs to figure out how to tamper with the wires, right? If nothing else, there’s always faith in Progress! . . . . Continue Reading »

To add to Amanda ‘s list of calculations, $1 trillion is more than $1 million spent per day since Christ’s birth . . . . . Continue Reading »

Eliot Gertel at Jewish World Review says of the new horror flick, The Unborn : “Wow! [It] manages to disrespect fetuses, little children, teens, and the elderly—not to mention Judaism.” But then, who don’t horror flicks offend? I guess this one’s unique in its offense . . . . Continue Reading »

Chicago cathedral Holy Name caught fire this morning . Although it looks like it’s done great damage to this historic church, we trust the gates of hell will not prevail against it. . . . . Continue Reading »

Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity, has passed away : Propelled by his strong Christian principles, Millard Fuller used Habitat to develop a system of using donated money and material, and voluntary labor, to build homes for low-income families. The homes are sold without profit and . . . . Continue Reading »

Good one, Ryan . Well, if one equates people with costs , then indeed Pelosi’s making a logical argument there. And, hey, if one equates economy with Pelosi’s campaign funding , then it’s also a sound argument that supporting family-planning services is good for the economy. See, . . . . Continue Reading »

More thoughtful words: from Raymond Arroyo , Ross Douthat , and John Boehner . . . . . . . Continue Reading »

Words of fond remembrance from Alan Jacobs on the American Scene and Pete Wehner on NRO. More to come . . . . . . . Continue Reading »

We are deeply saddened to announce the loss of First Things ’ founder, editor in chief, and friend, Fr. Richard John Neuhaus. We’ll be collecting here some materials on the life and work of this great man. Today on our homepage, you’ll find a reprint of Fr. Neuhaus’ essay . . . . Continue Reading »