I’m not sure images get much more powerful than the image Saturday from London: Pope Benedict, in Hyde Park, on his knees in adoration of our Lord and Savior in the Blessed Sacrament. There are the controversial topics, the security threats, the celebrities, the history, the politics, but the . . . . Continue Reading »
Leighton Ford:Many years ago my late friend J. Christy Wilson was pastor of the first ever Christian church in Kabul, Afghanistan. Through the good offices of President Eisenhower permission was granted to build the church, attended by Christian expatriates. The time came when the Afghan authorities . . . . Continue Reading »
The UK is in the grips of an assisted suicide propaganda blitz, promoted, abetted, and encouraged by its often tabloid media. It was in this context that last February, a famous UK activist stepped forward with a shocking claim that he had assisted the suicide of his lover dying from AIDS by . . . . Continue Reading »
Mao’s experiment in industrializing China from 1958 to 1962 : “At least 45 million people were worked, starved or beaten to death in China over these four years.” . . . . Continue Reading »
In response to a well-known examination of the historical problems of The Koran, written before 9-11 by Toby Lester in The Atlantic, Seyyed Hossein Nasr said The acceptance of the Koran as the word of God suggests that the so-called historical and textual study of the Koran is tantamount to . . . . Continue Reading »
This report is unduly provocative in my view. Some ICU physicians in Canada are urging a moratorium on “heart death” organ procurement because, they say, some of the patients might not actually be dead. From the story:A group of ICU doctors is calling for a moratorium on harvesting . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Recalling the “Green Book,” a guide for black travelers For almost three decades beginning in 1936, many African-American travelers relied on a booklet to help them decide where they could comfortably eat, sleep, buy gas, find a tailor or beauty parlor, shop on a honeymoon to Niagara . . . . Continue Reading »
View the Westminster Hall Speech via the Telegraph ’s live blog. From the same blog, a last glimpse of the Pope as night falls on Britain: “Eagle-eyed Pope fans spot Benedict walking up and down in front of the building, rosary beads in hand before retiring for the night.” . . . . Continue Reading »
In a commentary published by The Chronicle of Higher Education , David House looks back and assesses the influence of Pope John Paul II’s apostolic constitution on Catholic higher education, Ex Corde Ecclesiae . House takes an optimistic view, reading the last couple of decades as a muted, but . . . . Continue Reading »
The pope’s historic speech at Westminster Hall , the political centerpiece of his visit to Britain, was everything one could have hoped for. Principled, sincere and generous, Benedict thanked his hosts and praised those elements of British society in harmony with Catholic teaching. At the same . . . . Continue Reading »
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