Ryan Sayre Patrico

Reuters brings us the latest in the ongoing quest to conflate the news so readers don’t have to: ” Evolution fine but no apology to Darwin: Vatican ” The Vatican said on Tuesday the theory of evolution was compatible with the Bible but planned no posthumous apology to Charles . . . . Continue Reading »

FT readers interested in Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body will be interested in this upcoming conference: Theology of the Body: Modern Challenges to Health Conscience, and Human Dignity Baltimore, Maryland October 9-11, 2008 This conference will reflect on the significance of Pope . . . . Continue Reading »

There’s just something about a news article entitled ” When Sex Leads To A Stroke ” that makes my eyebrows rise with suspicion. Headlines, of course, are written to grab the attention of the reader, so they tend to lean towards exaggeration. But the title of this article . . . . Continue Reading »

More inspiring words from Benedict XVI as he addressed young people on the steps of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this week: [God] invites you to see in your neighbours the brothers and sisters whom God has given you, in order to live with them in human and spiritual fellowship—in other words, . . . . Continue Reading »

Here’s an awful story about a Colorado newspaper that, in the race to be the first on a story, stationed a reporter at the funeral of a three-year-old girl and had him post details of the event live on the Internet: In what some are saying is the result of the newspaper’s undying desire . . . . Continue Reading »

If children are encouraged to act and dress like adults, then why can’t adults act like children ? . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday, Stephen Barr was kind enough to explain to us how the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva could revolutionize the field of fundamental physics for the FT lay reader. While Barr’s article doesn’t go into what happens if we’re all sucked into black holes , or if the . . . . Continue Reading »

In today’s Daily Article , Fr. Neuhaus offers us a fine reflection on the nature of religious freedom in America. By coincidence, Benedict XVI also reflects today on religious freedom (in France) as he begins his pilgrimage to Paris and Lourdes: Describing himself as a “sower of charity . . . . Continue Reading »

Frightening setbacks in the battle against reducing abortions: Canadian doctor warns Sarah Palin’s decision to have Down baby could reduce abortions . . . . Continue Reading »

Yesterday we read Yuval Levin fault Sen. Biden for conflating theology with biology when it comes to the morality of abortion and the beginning of human life. GetReligon ‘s Mollie, however, also criticizes Tom Brokaw for missing the opportunity to talk about Biden’s faith in a more . . . . Continue Reading »