The two comments prompt me to remove the posting. I think it was a fair satirical remark on a disgruntled theologian who has written with contempt for good and serious men, like popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, but it may have been more mean than satirical. Even if it wasn’t, I have to . . . . Continue Reading »
Walter Cardinal Kasper, who heads the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, told a Liverpool university audience yesterday that the Catholic Church had weakened itself by “cutting itself off from its Jewish roots for centuries . . . a weakness that became evident in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of George Weigel’s Storm Clouds in Ukraine (yesterday’s “On the Square” article), will be interested in two stories from Ukraine: the short news announcement Pope Benedict XVI to visit Ukraine in 2012 and the description of the Russian Orthodox Church’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Terrorists have unsuccessfully attempted to kill innocent people by detonating an explosive packed on a donkey cart. From the story:A small Syrian-backed terrorist group in Gaza said its activists blew up a donkey cart laden with explosives close to the border with Israel on Tuesday, killing . . . . Continue Reading »
I sent out a notice about Father Oakes’ “On the Square” article, Atheism’s Just So Scenarios , to a list of apologetics websites. Among the responses was one from a writer who said he’d looked at our website and: I also saw that you had a section called . . . . Continue Reading »
Pierre Pidoux’s edited volume, Le psautier huguenot du XVIe siècle: Mélodies et documents, contains a fascinating lectionary for singing through the entire Psalter in the course of 25 weeks, or approximately half a year. This was used in Geneva during the 16th century. I am unaware . . . . Continue Reading »
Although some of the Catholic Church’s critics have revived the old prejudices of the Catholic Church as a monolith, the better to sue her, “the Church is much closer to a confederation of families than a modern corporation,” points out Archbishop Charles Chaput in today’s . . . . Continue Reading »
As study of tens of thousands of couples in Britain, Germany and Australia reveals that a happiness gap between spouses was a predictor of divorce—but only when the husband was feeling better about life than his wife: The happiness gap widened when wives were lumbered with most of the . . . . Continue Reading »
At Christianity Today , Christopher Benson—one of our bloggers at Evangel —interviews James Davison Hunter about his new book and why Christian strategies to transform culture are ineffective: Benson: Why are the principal strategies for cultural change failing? Hunter: Evangelism, . . . . Continue Reading »
I completely agree with you, Matt . Friday Night Lights is hands down the best show on television. Admittedly, since I’m from rural Texas and a fan of high school football, I’m culturally predisposed to love the show. But even if I weren’t I’d still adore it for one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
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