Catholic World News reports that Benedict may be more seriously ill than thought . Peter Seewald, the German journalist who interviewed him, met him a few weeks ago and reports that he was exhausted, losing his hearing and sight in one eye, and had lost so much weight he needed new vestments. We . . . . Continue Reading »
Karl Rove says that his new group is designed to produce “fewer Christine O’Donnells and more Rand Pauls.” I’m not sold on Rand Paul, but I agree that the Christine O’Donnell nomination was a bad, bad idea. So how did it happen? Was O’Donnell’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Timothy George on Benedict XVI, the great Augustinian : Not long ago, Pope Benedict XVI made a personal donation to the restoration of the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, the site of the ancient town of Hippo Regius, where the greatest theologian of the ancient church served as . . . . Continue Reading »
Everywhere I keep hearing that when the cardinals of the Catholic Church meet next month to elect Pope Benedict XVI’s successor, there will be 117 electors in the conclave. Quite a number of living cardinals are over 80, and thus ineligible to vote in the papal election. Canon lawyer . . . . Continue Reading »
Benedict may say that divided Christians must “keep in view just how much we have in common . . . in terms of the great deposit of sacred Scripture and the early Christian creeds,” as Matthew Schmitz wrote yesterday , and some modern Lutherans may agree, but this is not universally . . . . Continue Reading »
Virginia State Senator Mark Obenshain is sponsoring a bill that would protect the integrity of student religious and political organizations in his state’s public universities. A response to CLS v. Martinez , the 2010 Supreme Court decision that upheld Hastings College of Law’s decision . . . . Continue Reading »
The Country of Who He Used to Be Brian Doyle, American Scholar Do We Like Bonhoeffer for the Right Reasons? Laura Marshall, Fare Forward Doctors Within Borders Caitrin Nicol, New Atlantis The Catholic-Baptist Synod Timothy George, Christianity Today Is the Essay Extinct? Adam Kirsch, New Republic . . . . Continue Reading »
Americans are often surprised to learn that many foreign countries have anti-proselytism laws. Often, these laws define proselytism as something beyond run-of-the-mill evangelizing. Proselytism typically connotes coercion and undue influence: the religious hard sell. Encouraging listeners to . . . . Continue Reading »
Sally Thomas recently noted this piece from Purcell’s funeral music for Queen Mary II. It sets an appropriately penitential air for the coming weeks. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears unto our pray’rs; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most . . . . Continue Reading »
“If liberal individualists had campaigned against abortion, it would,” observes John Waters in the Irish Times , “have become unacceptable years ago.” (Thanks to my friend Mark Barrett for the tip.) Writing after joining in the annual March for Life during a trip to . . . . Continue Reading »
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