Matthew Schmitz

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, speaking at the University of Chicago this Saturday : Ginsburg, one of the most liberal members of the nation’s high court, spoke Saturday at the University of Chicago Law School. Ever since the decision, she said, momentum has been on abortion opponents’ side, . . . . Continue Reading »

Yosel Tiefenbrun is a rabbi of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and an apprentice tailor at Maurice Sedwell, the distinguished Savile Row house operated by Andrew Ramroop (himself a somewhat unusual figure on the Row). Tiefenbrun’s unique combination of classic style and hasidic Judaism (he . . . . Continue Reading »

Legion of Christ priest Fr. Thomas Williams has requested dispensation from his ministry in order to look after his son and his son’s mother, writes John Connor, the Legion of Christ’s assistant for apostolate for the North America Territory: Roughly a year ago, I heard the news that . . . . Continue Reading »

Something seems off here . . . via @jneeley78 . . . . Continue Reading »

The chief prosecutor in Peter Leithart’s recently concluded heresy trial stunned many by converting to Roman Catholicism shortly after bringing his prosecution. Now some are citing his conversion as reason to  declare a mistrial : Three Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church in America . . . . Continue Reading »

One of the more remarkable aspects of Francis’ pontificate has been his rhetorical style. Whereas Benedict XVI generally spoke in carefully crafted Latin paragraphs, Pope Francis has adopted a more casual style of Italian—-often speaking without prepared notes. Most notable of all, . . . . Continue Reading »

The push for gay marriage is part of the state’s “drive to assume direct control over the reproduction of the population” writes  British theologian John Milbank: Heterosexual exchange and reproduction has always been the very “grammar” of social relating as such. . . . . Continue Reading »

Russell D. Moore, president-elect of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the  Southern Baptist Convention has issued a statement  with Kevin Ezell, head of the Souther Baptist Convention’s North American Missions Board, on recent worries about the curtailment of . . . . Continue Reading »

Timothy Winter, a Muslim scholar who serves as director of studies at Wolfson College Cambridge, has drawn criticism after videos surfaced in which he criticizes homosexual acts. “You don’t even understand what your bodies are for,” Winter says. “How ignorant can you get? . . . . Continue Reading »

The ad, showing Jesus in Converse sneakers, contains the tag line “All Faces. Everyday Understanding.” Adweek deadpans of the new, hip Christ that “There is . . . no record that he ever actually turned water into PBR.” As a friend of mine remarked in reference to recent . . . . Continue Reading »