Nathaniel Peters

In the first of what will be a three-part series of articles, Daniel Patrick Moloney at Public Discourse examines the thinking common to both major political parties: that an important way to reduce poverty is to reduce the number of poor children. This viewpoint was most recently articulated by . . . . Continue Reading »

Justin Cardinal Rigali shoots straight from the hip. When Doug Kmiec published a column entitled “New ethically sensitive stem-cell guidance from the Obama administration,” the Cardinal replied with a column of his own . It began: On April 17 the National Institutes of Health released . . . . Continue Reading »

Fetching, no? That’s how Bill Murchison describes much of mainline Protestantism today: The present presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, when asked by Time magazine a few years back to specify her focus as head of the church, replied, “Our focus needs to . . . . Continue Reading »

It looks like the the search for a new winner of the Laetare Medal has begun . (via American Papist ) . . . . Continue Reading »

Judging by Timothy Dolan’s interview in the New York Post today, the new Archbishop of New York is the eager teacher of the faith he was expected to be. Dolan tackled clerical celibacy, traditional marriage, Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame, and the Church’s pro-life . . . . Continue Reading »

Wondering how to spice up the Easter liturgy next year? You could try musical additions. Or you could take a cue from the Greeks and fire rockets at the neighboring church that is firing rockets back at you. During the liturgy. (via Shrine of the Holy Whapping ) . . . . Continue Reading »

Earlier I mentioned a conference on historical criticism and the Qur’an taking place at Notre Dame this week. In today’s New York Times Nicholas Kristof describes some of the topics the conference will cover: At Notre Dame, scholars analyzed ancient texts of the Koran that show signs of . . . . Continue Reading »

What would Pride and Prejudice and Zombies be like? You probably saw the book mentioned somewhere (in the recent Public Square , perhaps) and found yourself intrigued by the title. It turns out that taking the abridged text of Pride and Prejudice and adding “unmentionables,” vomit, . . . . Continue Reading »

Religion Clause , the blog for all things First Amendment, reports that the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships has set up six task forces to advise the President on the following topics: “(1) reform of the faith-based office, (2) fatherhood, (3) . . . . Continue Reading »

Gabriel Reynolds, assistant professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, writes us: First Things might have some interest in the international conference on the Qur’an that is opening tonight at Notre Dame. Among others both Nasr Hamid Ab? Zayd and Abdolkarim Sorroush will be . . . . Continue Reading »