A Memorial Mass to honor the second anniversary of the death of Father Richard John Neuhaus will be held on Saturday, January 8, 2011, at the Church of Our Saviour (38th Street and Park Avenue). It will begin at 12:15 p.m. The celebrant and homilist will be Father George . . . . Continue Reading »
The holiday classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas as sung by Judy Garland may be the closest thing to refuting words with musical performance ever heard. You don’t have to know anything about Garland’s sad life to hear the pain in her voice.She may promise we will muddle through . . . . Continue Reading »
Last month, to the surprise of all, a bill to legalize euthanasia in South Australia was voted down by the upper house of the SA parliament. In the weeks leading up to the vote, proponents of the bill argued that it would secure the rights of the terminally ill to end their lives at a time and in . . . . Continue Reading »
A cheering story: Roald Dahl’s daughter enters a convent . Parents and pro-life activists in New Zealand have protested the government’s support for pre-natal screening , which in effect if not intent encourages the abortion of children with Down Syndrome. A theorist for . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s another video similar to the one I posted earlier today : Via: Mary Ellen Kelly . . . . Continue Reading »
Add this to list of “Weird things you didn’t know existed”: It was etched in the blood of a dictator in a ghoulish bid for piety. Over the course of two painstaking years in the late 1990s, Saddam Hussein had sat regularly with a nurse and an Islamic calligrapher; the former . . . . Continue Reading »
Ken Masugi once again shares with us this Advent. A taste: What America has learned at its best is how to create a city for mortal men while recognizing their passing thorough this world. It does not offer a this-worldly heaven but simply a way to rule themselves, provide for families, a sense of . . . . Continue Reading »
In Faith magazine, physicist Stephen Barr discusses whether modern physics had anything to teach metaphysics and theology : Might the discoveries of modern science have implications for theology? They certainly cannot alter the substance of “the faith once delivered to the saints”. They . . . . Continue Reading »
This has nothing to do with the Left Behind books by Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye.Nor am I referring to writers behind recent surprise hits like Facing the Giantsor Fireproof.In fact, the individual I mean to talk about isn’t considered part of the Christian subculture at all.He . . . . Continue Reading »
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