“Look! There it is! The Spirit of Vatican II!”
by Ryan T. Anderson(Hat tip: WDTPRS ) . . . . Continue Reading »
InterVarsity Flirts with Catholicism
by Nathaniel PetersEvery three years, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship , one of the nation’s largest evangelical student groups and part of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), hosts a missions conference called Urbana . The name came from the long-time host campus of the University of . . . . Continue Reading »
Mike Wallace Had Triple Bypass Surgery
by Wesley J. SmithNewsman Mike Wallace is recovering from a triple bypass surgery. Why is this a matter of interest to SHS other than to wish him well? Because under age-dictated health care rationing of the kind practiced in the UK and urged upon us by some very notable bioethicists here in America, Wallace would . . . . Continue Reading »
The Pope’s Lenten Message
by Ryan T. AndersonThe Vatican has posted the Pope’s Message for Lent . This year he stresses the spiritual discipline of almsgiving along with the principle of the universal destination of earthly goods. There’s this: Almsgiving, according to the Gospel, is not mere philanthropy: rather it is a concrete . . . . Continue Reading »
Medical Journal Exposes Bigotry of "Deliberate Termination of Life of Newborns with Spina Bifida"
by Wesley J. SmithIn the Netherlands, doctors sometimes euthanize babies born with spina bifida. There (and here), doctors sometimes refuse to treat them so that they will die. But now, a new journal article calls expose these lethal actions and non actions as the bigotry (my term) that they are. Writing in Childs . . . . Continue Reading »
Yale Medical Abortion School
by Ryan T. AndersonLast week friends from Yale Law School and Yale Divinity School sent me an article in the Yale Daily News that covered the Reproductive Rights Action League at Yale (RALY) and the Yale Medical Students for Choice commemoration of Roe v. Wade . While other students were participating in the March . . . . Continue Reading »
RE: The Eve of St. Agnes—Green Bay, 2008
by David P. GoldmanIn Reply to A. Dulles, S.J. There once was a poet named Keats Whom the would-be lampoonist defeats. Even Cardinal Dulles, Despite his keen skull, is Confusing Keats’ iamb for cleats. . . . . Continue Reading »
Divorce and Dying
by Ryan T. AndersonLast week, Amanda wrote about Elizabeth Marquardt’s fascinating studies on the inner lives of children of divorce. On Sunday, Marquardt had an equally fascinating essay in the Washington Post about the living—and dying—of the adults of divorce. Here’s a bit from the beginning: . . . . Continue Reading »
Faith-based Social Services and the ecclesia libera
by Ryan T. AndersonIn the New York Times today, David Kuo and John J. DiIulio have an op/ed on faith-based initiatives: ” The Faith to Outlast Politics .” Kuo and DiIulio are the former deputy director and director (respectively) of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Jim . . . . Continue Reading »
The Evangelism Linebacker
by Ryan T. AndersonAnthony, the Office Linebacker is all fine and good—I don’t drink coffee anyway—but what this office really needs is the Evangelism Linebacker: “As a fish was created to swim in water, as a bird was created to fly, I was created to knock people out who don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
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