In March 1913, G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown story “The Paradise of Thieves” was first published in an issue of McClure’s Magazine . The story revolves around acting and deception, and ends in the suicide of one of the characters. Now, a hundred years later to the month, . . . . Continue Reading »
But not from ME. K-Lo of NRO has come out in favor of an American pope, commending both Cardinal Dolan and Cardinal O’Malley as “holy men” she knows personally. Hadley Arkes and Robert Royal have endorsed Cardinal George (Chicago) as the countercultural candidate most attuned to . . . . Continue Reading »
It is hard to know when a new pope will be elected. Prior to entering into the formal conclave this afternoon the cardinals have already had several days of collective discussion, before which they had plenty of opportunity, since the announcement of Pope Benedict’s abdication, for informal . . . . Continue Reading »
Elizabeth Scalia on the struggle with intrinsic disorder : I am “intrinsically disordered” when it comes to food, and it doesn’t really matter how I became so. Whether it is due to a genetic pre-disposition, or a habit of psychological buffering—or some combination of nature and . . . . Continue Reading »
Do for-profit businesses possess religious exercise protections? Mark Rienzi, of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and Catholic University of America, thinks they do and offers a detailed case for why in his new article, God and the Profits: Is There Religious Liberty for Money-Makers? . . . . Continue Reading »
In the continuing controversy over climate change it is difficult to sort out the validity of conflicting reports. Here, for example, is a Financial Post column by Lawrence Solomon, ” Not Easy Being Green .” According to Solomon: Arctic ice has made a comeback, advancing so rapidly that . . . . Continue Reading »
That is the question asked by Austin Ruse in a column at the Catholic Thing . Ruse calls Burke a “true pastor and a man who has all the gifts – ecclesial, spiritual, and temporal – to be Bishop of Rome.” Ruse is hardly the only one to tout Burke’s name. A Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
The past couple years years have seen a great deal of criticism and allegations about Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM), with a number of churches breaking away from the organization, and a lawsuit charging leaders with covering up child physical and sexual abuse in the 1980s and 1990s. Last Friday . . . . Continue Reading »
A Darwinist Mob Goes After a Serious Philosopher Leon Wieseltier, New Republic A To-Do List for the Conclave Julieanne Dolan, Wall Street Journal What Is This ‘New Evangelization,’ Anyway? John L. Allen, National Catholic Reporter The “Neo” in Neoliberalism Michael W. Clune, . . . . Continue Reading »
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