As Wise as Pigeons Anthony Esolen, Crisis At St. Catherine’s Amid Egyptian Unrest Ladan Cher, Time “The Mystery of Life” Makes Law a Mystery William Haun, Public Discourse Church of England vs. Payday Lenders Katrina Bishop, CNBC The Root of Evil William T. Cavanaugh, America . . . . Continue Reading »
The team undertaking the restoration of the Fifth Avenue cathedral have released a new video on their project: St. Patrick’s Transformation from St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Vimeo . Read Kate Monaghan’s On the Square articulating the rationale for the restoration here . . . . . Continue Reading »
Today there is an NRO piece by Kay Hymowitz about the regard many have for Huma Abedin. A few bits: Huma has won the hearts of many in the commentariat, not least Tina Brown, who tweeted Wednesday: “I say Huma for mayor. She has all the qualities he doesn’t.” . . . .Even . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Perlin has a fascinating ” postcard from Tibet ” at Harper’s in which he discovers a mountain village with both culturally integrated Catholicism and good red wine: When I showed up in the village of Dimaluo, one valley over from the Trung, I was hoping to find a guide for . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s column , Pete Spiliakos responds to R.R. Reno’s ” Our Challenges ” from the August/September issue with some practical suggestions: Aside from the policy problems, the over-identification of faith with one party damages the appeal of the faith itself. There are . . . . Continue Reading »
Today, July 25, marks the 45th anniversary of the promulgation of Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI. As many in the Catholic world had been expecting the Church to permit contraception under certain circumstances thanks to many perhaps well-meaning but shortsighted clergy and theologians, the . . . . Continue Reading »
At the National Catholic Reporter , Michael Sean Winters misspells my name and misunderstands my column. According to Winters, I—-or at least a certain Mr. “Donio”—-try to “twist Pope Francis into the kind of Catholic neo-con who, well, the kind who reads . . . . Continue Reading »
Islam’s Medieval Underworld Smithsonian You Can’t Have Jesus Without the Christ Anthony Sacramone, Strange Herring John Newton’s Amazing Grace Carl Cannon, RealClearReligion “Libertarian Populism” Should Look to Anthropology James Poulos, Forbes Of Mormonish and . . . . Continue Reading »
[caption id=”” align=”aligncenter” width=”500”] Mosaic in S. Costanza, Rome [/caption] Here’s a puzzle. The mosaic in this photo is in Rome’s Santa Costanza, a lovely fourth-century church with some of the oldest surviving Christian art. The . . . . Continue Reading »
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