It’s 2013. Have we learned nothing? Must we still put up with intolerant bigots telling us whom we can and can’t love? Earlier this week my social-media feeds erupted as left-leaning friends and acquaintances reacted to an interview in which author and teacher David Gilmour came out of . . . . Continue Reading »
Its no secret that there have been bad popes. In todays On the Square , Brantly Millegan warns against an extreme ultramontanism: A number of Catholic authors have endeavored to defend Pope Francis from criticism, particularly stemming from his recent interview. They have tried to . . . . Continue Reading »
Ukraine is at a crossroads, and not only symbolically, says Peter Leithart in his On the Square today. Stuck between the East and the West, between its recent past and its deeper past, the country has two competing iconographies: Christian and Soviet. When we come into the open, were standing . . . . Continue Reading »
Is Bach the Voice of God in Music? Daniel Johnson, Standpoint Christian Schools and Racial Realities Hunter Baker, Touchstone New York’s Lost “Little Syria” Angela Serratone, Paris Review Philosopher Portraits, Series I Renee Jorgensen Bollinger Can We Finally Start Talking About . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at her always-stimulating blog today, LaVonne Neff writes about some of the ironies of her mothers practice of hospitality in the late 1950s : Something you should know about tall women who seem reserved and even distantthey may just be shy or socially awkward, and they may really . . . . Continue Reading »
As readers of this site know, the situation for Copts and other Christians in Egypt is truly dire . On October 1, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations will hold a hearing on the situation. Speakers include . . . . Continue Reading »
Another voice has joined the fray in the aftermath of the Popes much-discussed interview. Pope Francis “is not a radical. He is something more interesting and unexpected both inside the church and out: a radical traditionalist,” claims Mary Eberstadt in Time . . . . . Continue Reading »
The Church of Our Saviour has stopped offering the Tridentine Mass. Nicholas Frankovich comments on its passing in today’s On the Square : Mass according to the 1962 missal demands a knowledge of the Latin texts and of some fairly intricate rubrics. It requires training that most priests now . . . . Continue Reading »
Russell E. Saltzman dreams of Nixon (with the light brown hair), in today’s On the Square . They attended the Erasmus lecture together: The dinner matched the luncheon sandwich buffet served to the Erasmus symposium group the next day, including that marvelous squash soup. I had two bowls of . . . . Continue Reading »
From Town & Village , a neighborhood newspaper here, in a story about the New York Theatre Ballet: The company, which has reparatory seasons and revivals of long-lost chamber masterpieces, is also well known for its hour-long adaptations for children. Through both the training at the . . . . Continue Reading »