For the first time ever, Britain is a majority non-religious nation : Every year, researchers from the British Social Attitudes survey ask a representative sample of British people whether they regard themselves as belonging to any particular religion and, if so, to which one? When the . . . . Continue Reading »
NPR has an article about young nuns in Nashville that is so sympathetic and affirming that it could be mistaken for the convent’s recruiting brochure: For the most part, these are grim days for Catholic nuns. Convents are closing, nuns are aging and there are relatively few new recruits. But . . . . Continue Reading »
I always laugh at the purported scientific studies that seek to explain differences in perception between liberals and conservatives. The latest, “Politics and Eye Movement,” is reported over at BioNews: From the story:It goes without saying that conservatives and . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s what it means about nature . . . . . Continue Reading »
This is becoming a parody. I noted here recently that ten years ago, an East Anglia climate scientist and others warned that that because of global warming, “within a few years” there would be NO SNOW IN ENGLAND! Poor UK kids would soon only know virtual snow.That didn’t work . . . . Continue Reading »
The following is a transcript of part two of Gayle Trotter’s podcast interview with George Weigel. Gayle talks with Weigel about The End and the Beginning, the newly released second part of his biography of John Paul II. Weigel, the author of fifteen books and a weekly . . . . Continue Reading »
The best-known version of this ancient Christmas matins hymn may be that of Tomas Luis de Victoria, but American composer Morten Johannes Lauridsen’s lovely setting movingly conveys the spirit of the text:O great mystery,and wonderful sacrament,that animals should see the new-born Lord,lying . . . . Continue Reading »
Christmas is a Christian holiday, the Feast of the Nativity, in which the faithful celebrate the birth of their Lord and Savior in a lowly manger in Bethlehem. It is also a secular national holiday in the United States. More broadly, the ideal of Christmas speaks to all human . . . . Continue Reading »
Gallop has an interesting poll out that finds religious people who attend services regularly tend to live healthy lives. From the poll:Very religious Americans are more likely to practice healthy behaviors than those who are moderately religious or nonreligious. The most religious Americans . . . . Continue Reading »
From Flannery O’Connor’s “The Violent Bear It Away”: God told the world he was going to send it a king and the world waited. The world thought, a golden fleece will do for His bed. Silver and gold and peacock tails, a thousand suns in a peacock’s tail will do for his . . . . Continue Reading »
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