The Pro Ecclesia Annual Conference for Clergy and Laity sponsored by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology presents “Heaven, Hell, . . . and Purgatory?” June 10, 2013, 7 p.m. - June 12, 2013, noon Loyola University, Baltimore, Maryland About the Center from the . . . . Continue Reading »
Matthew Franck offers two criticisms of my commentary on the Gosnell scandal by way of “mild dissent.” Matt’s criticisms are important and point to larger questions that deserve reflection by all pro-lifers. First, Matt observes that “the most up-to-the-minute philosophers . . . . Continue Reading »
Spring is here and summer is fast approaching, so now seems as good a time as any to offer some suggestions for reading, preferably outdoors. Since Rod Dreher’s The Little Way of Ruthie Leming has been on my mind , I’ll let it inspire my choices. The following works are frequently . . . . Continue Reading »
From our June/July issue, Glenn C. Arbery on Cory Doctorow and the theology of surveillance : Surveillance adds the dimension of unsettling intentionality to the vulnerability to technology most people already feel. The problem is not only this power granted little by little to a system of . . . . Continue Reading »
An easy target but it may amuse some of you: Don’t Make Fun of Renowned Author Dan Brown . The critics (this is Brown thinking) said his writing was clumsy, ungrammatical, repetitive and repetitive. They said it was full of unnecessary tautology. They said his prose was swamped in a sea of . . . . Continue Reading »
In general I agree with Jon Shields (in his post below ) about the absurdity of marking birth as the decisive moment when a child acquires moral worth under our laws. And I admired his powerful Weekly Standard article very much. But I want to make two comments by way of mild dissent on a . . . . Continue Reading »
The political use of the IRS is one of our scandals of the week. It has actually been scandal for some time, since 2010, and people I know in suspect organizations who have had the (threatening) investigative letters say that began shortly after the president was inaugurated. The 1883 . . . . Continue Reading »
Glenn Kessler’s The Fact Checker column at The Washington Post awards our President four pinocchios for his statement yesterday that, “The day after it happened, I acknowledged that this was an act of terrorism.” This misrepresented his deliberate refusal to call the Benghazi . . . . Continue Reading »
The One Thomas More: Liberated by Conscience Louis W. Karlin, Library of Law and Liberty Against the McCarthy-Witch Hunt Analogy Philip Jenkins, RealClearReligion The Polish Model Gideon Rose & Radek Sikorski, Foreign Affairs Learning to Love Heaven Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington . . . . Continue Reading »
Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted yesterday by the long-suffering Philadelphia jury on three counts of first-degree murder for killing abortion survivors. Next week, jurors will consider whether Gosnell deserves the death penalty. While there are many good reasons to defend Gosnell’s . . . . Continue Reading »
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