Nathaniel Peters

From Magnificat ‘s summary of the life of St. Martin, an Italian hermit from the 6th century: Martin’s peace, however, was soon disturbed by the appearance of a mysterious serpent that menaced him, stretching itself out before him as he prayed and slithering beside him in his sleep. . . . . Continue Reading »

If you’re in the New York area on November 13, frequent FT contributor Stephen Barr will deliver the St. Albert’s Day Lecture at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer (Lexington and 66th) at 7:00 PM. The lecture is free and open to the public and is entitled Modern Physics and Ancient Faith. . . . . Continue Reading »

A district court judge in Nebraska has thrown out a suit by state senator Ernie Chambers against God. According to the Omaha World-Herald (via the New York Times ), “Chambers had sued God in September 2007, seeking a permanent injunction to prevent God from committing acts of violence such as . . . . Continue Reading »

Speaking of our beloved former colleague, Ryan recently wrote a review of Christ Our Joy: The Theological Vision of Pope Benedict XVI in Christianity Today. Here are a few paragraphs to whet your appetite: Nietzsche’s attack on Christianity’s “slave morality” paved the way . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s a a sample of the Times’ (London) review, via Arts & Letters Daily , of Rowan Williams’ new book on Dostoevsky: There are many insights in Dostoevsky: Language, faith and fiction which will illumine its subject’s novels, and which could only have come from this . . . . Continue Reading »

A week from tonight at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin the Tallis Scholars will be singing music from the Spanish Renaissance: Alonso Lobo Missa Maria Magdalenae Tomás Luis de Victoria Three Lamentations for Holy Saturday Dum complerentur Francisco Guerrero Ave Virgo sanctissima Regina . . . . Continue Reading »

No, Tina Turner isn’t coming out with a new single (as far as we know). But Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete of Communion & Liberation is giving a series of lectures at Columbia here in New York with that title. The topics and dates are as follows: FAITH AND POLITICS: Do they mix? Wed., October 15, . . . . Continue Reading »

James Taranto at the Wall Street Journal shows how fact-checking can sometimes become thinly veiled opinion journalism . For my money, the non-partisan factcheck.org is still the best place to sort out the truth from the truthiness. . . . . Continue Reading »

Speaking of Chesterton poems, “The Arena” is my favorite, and is especially appropriate for this Fall, when the “Gladiators of God” (4-1) seem to be rising again: There uprose a golden giant On the gilded house of Nero Even his far-flung flaming shadow and his image swollen . . . . Continue Reading »

A professor friend of mine at Notre Dame is working on a book about the British historian and MP Thomas Babington Macauley . When describing the book to me, he made special note of how the Classics replaced the Bible as the spiritual sustainance of many at that time. When Macauley’s beloved . . . . Continue Reading »