Our friend and frequent contributor Father Edward Oakes (see here , here , and here for recent “On the Square” articles), sends the link to his colleague Father Robert Barron’s Why Christians should pray for Christopher Hitchens . What Hitchens’ suffering means, and what God . . . . Continue Reading »
Am I the only one who finds this youtube video kinda creepy? Yes, Charlie Chaplin lampooned Hitler decades ago in The Great Dictator (1940). But the critical edge was plain to see. This video, which has Der Fuehrer singing the theme song to The Jeffersons , is more in the spirit of Mel Brooks, who . . . . Continue Reading »
Western intelligence agencies have known for years, and the press has reported, that al-Qaeda-linked terrorist organizations such as Somalia’s Al-Shabab have trained and armed Somali pirates in return for a share of the proceeds of piracy. Canada’s National Post reported last Dec. 2: . . . . Continue Reading »
Kevin has commented on the Presbyterians’ recent decision to approve of practicing homosexual clergy, a move that will only divide an already divided body — still divided even though many of the conservative members hived off decades ago into bodies like the Presbyterian Church in . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Dr. Pat Deneen regards David Brooks’ repudiation of the suburbs as a Porcher victory, as Mr. Pomocon reports below. 2. But every pomocon must know that I repudiated David’s (my sort-of friend’s) account of the suburbs in his fairly bizarre flop PARADISE DRIVE. He tried to give . . . . Continue Reading »
Fired for Being Catholic? reported on the troubles of Dr. Kenneth Howell, who lost his adjunct job at the University of Illinois for admitting in a class on Catholic teaching that he, as a Catholic, agreed with it. A friend who teaches in a state university wrote: Having read his e-mail, the . . . . Continue Reading »
In The Gospel Of Scientific Materialism , today’s “On the Square” article, R. R. Reno explains why those he calls “our Happy Warriors of Science” — the Dawkins/Dennett crowd — are so enthusiastic, nay Evangelical, about “the most reductive sort of . . . . Continue Reading »
I am very pleased that my speaking tour of Australia seems to be going quite well. Australia is a terrific country. The wonderful impression Debra and I carried away from our 2001 trip have been fully validated in 2010. I have been very pleased that SHSers have come . . . . Continue Reading »
Music has undergone serious theological neglect according to Jeremy Begbie, a professionally trained musician and theologian at Duke Divinity School. In his introduction to Theology, Music and Time, he writes:In the twentieth century, the corridors of theology were not generally alive with the sound . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t know whether this is due to the quality of life ethic, strained resources, or indifference—but it appears that dependent seniors face malnourishment while in care in some Scotland NHS hospitals. From the story:One of the country’s leading health campaigners has . . . . Continue Reading »
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