Several years ago, the Montana Supreme Court basically ruled that whatever a patient wants to do with a willing medical provider should not be impeded by the government. Not surprisingly, as I mentioned here at SHS, it bred a lawsuit to create a state right to assisted suicide in the Big Sky State. . . . . Continue Reading »
Thanks, Rob, that helps . I think you’re right as far as the general thrust of recent CDF statements goes (think of Dominus Iesus , or the recent clarification on the meaning of the word Church), I guess I just found your exclamation ” Take that, Karl Rahner ” to be a bit . . . . Continue Reading »
What you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. (2 Tim. 2:2) The Congregation for the Clergy has a new online resource, Biblia Clerus , excellent for clergy, catechists, and anyone seeking to read the Word of God in light of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Last year a good friend introduced me to a song that has become my new favorite Christmas carol. It’s also the shortest one I’ve ever heard, at just over a minute long. According to Wikipedia , “Adam Lay Ybounden” is a 15th century song attributed to an anonymous wandering . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s U2 rock-star Bono gushing over Al Gore in the new issue of Time Magazine. Gore is a runner-up for Person of the Year. Putin is the Person of the Year . Oh how I yearn for the days when “You!” was the Person of the Year . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
Ronald Dworkin—not the famous legal theorist, but a medical doctor and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute—writes in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal about the development of technology that will allow women to freeze unfertilized eggs when they’re young so that they can . . . . Continue Reading »
Can be found here . (For what it’s worth, I didn’t find it particularly insightful.) . . . . Continue Reading »
(Note: I tried getting this on the comments board of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s new blog -but it was rejected by the moderator.) Dear Mr. President and/or Your Excellency: My friend, a native of your country, and I have been debating a very critical point that I believe only you can resolve, and . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times today has an interesting article , which talks about a prayer service held late at night for the express purpose of spiritual warfare. The students, taxicab drivers, homemakers and entrepreneurs, all Christians, mostly from French-speaking Africa, attend a midnight service four . . . . Continue Reading »
Of course, Ryan, I’m always happy to help . I’m no Rahner scholar, but it seems implausible to me that a fellow can get famous for saying nothing more about the possibility of salvation outside the visible Church than had been said by Pius XII, Karl Adam, Pius IX, Thomas Aquinas, or . . . . Continue Reading »
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