As the dust settles and the role that conscientious dissenters will have in our New Society is made clearer, we who pray “Thy kingdom come” need not be afraid. What is new is the unfortunate decision of five Supreme Court justices. What isn’t new is the call for Christians to live lives of . . . . Continue Reading »
Laudato Si, last week’s encyclical from Pope Francis, seeks to address a plethora of problems in the modern world—predominately focusing on environmental issues, distributive justice, and perceived problems with consensus developmental economic theory. Pope Francis offers a harsh critique of . . . . Continue Reading »
Lessons from a Life of Hope: Learning from Father Richard John Neuhaus
Nathaniel Peters, Public Discourse
Victory in Spite of Ourselves
Hadley Arkes, Library of Law and Liberty
Disabled Protestors Demand Princeton Fire Professor Peter Singer
World Net Daily
Call Me Hyacinth
Hyacinth Grubb, O.P., Dominicana
As the Supreme Court prepares to announce its decision on same-sex marriage, religious people are wondering: will we lose our tax-exempt status for our religious institutions? Justice Samuel Alito raised this question during the oral arguments, citing the 1983 Supreme Court case that ruled Bob Jones . . . . Continue Reading »
Millions of Americans (or thousands of journalists, wonks, and wags) are sitting on pins and needles right now, waiting for the Court’s determination: Will the world’s only superpower decree that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right? Other decrees came down this week—ranging from . . . . Continue Reading »
Praying the Lord's Prayer in the midst of tragedy is a timely reminder of the unity we all share as image-bearers of God. Continue Reading »
May the Rising Generation Redeem the Time?
Russell Kirk, The Imaginative Conservative
How to Read More Books
Erik Raymond, The Gospel Coalition
With Friends Like These
B. D. McClay, The Hedgehog Review
The Velvet Revolution
David Walsh-Little, America
Pope Francis recently criticized those who call themselves Christians but invest in the arms industry. But what about rumours that the Vatican itself invests in arms manufacturing?
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Don't Buy the Same-Sex Marriage Tidal Wave Illusion
Cathy Ruse, The Stream
America's Oldest Synagogue Wrestles With Court Battle — and Its Own Decline
Paul Berger, Forward
Why the Saudis Are Going Solar
Jeffrey Ball, The Atlantic
The Courage to Be on the Wrong Side of History
Ryan Shinkel, Public Discourse
In the 1970s, the radical Islamist organization al-Gamāʿah al-Islāmiyah (Islamic Group) stormed onto the scene in Egypt, calling for Egyptians to return to the correct form of Islam by waging jihad and applying Shari’a. However, on July 5, 1997, the Gamāʿah did something extraordinary in the history of radical Islam. It issued “Initiative to Stop the Violence,” a formal statement declaring its renunciation of all violence. Continue Reading »
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