A week ago, former U.S. ambassador Douglas Kmiec, a strong supporter of Sen. Obama in 2008, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times. In the course of that interview, Kmiec stated, “The president promotes social […]
Dr. Hitchcock, author of several books including the soon-to-be-released History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium (Ignatius Press, 2012), writes the following for the “Square None” column in Touchstone: From time to […]
… from the communion of the Church are presented by Joe Tremblay in a new Homiletic & Pastoral Review essay, “The Pastoral Mandate, Politicians and Religious Liberty”: Indeed, there are at least three reasons why […]
Since today is Halloween, here’s an excellent post by Father Steve Grunow at the Word on Fire blog about the day’s supposed pagan roots and its significance for Catholics concerned about incursions of the “culture […]
There is a lovely early American hymn entitled “Fulfillment” that begins, See how the Scriptures are fulfilling, Poor sinners are returning home; The time that prophets were foretelling, With signs and wonders now is come. […]
The New York Times reviews the new book, Leonardo and The Last Supper, authored by Ross King, and alerts the world to this little news flash: Mr. King deftly situates the painting in a historical […]
“The interpretation [of St. Augustine] that Bartimaeus was a man who had fallen from a condition of ‘great prosperity’ causes us to think. It invites us to reflect on the fact that our lives contain […]
For a week last June, the International Eucharistic Congress, held in Dublin, was a beacon of light and vibrancy that Irish Catholicism has been sadly lacking in recent years. Almost two decades of clerical abuse […]
Last April, Xavier University in Cincinnati made headlines when its president, Father Michael J. Graham, SJ, announced that the school would be dropping contraception and sterilization coverage from its health insurance plan as of July […]
First, from George Weigel’s post, “Catholic Reflections on the Endgame 2012”, on the National Review site: Whatever happens on November 6, though, the Catholic Church in America has been changed, likely in irreversible ways, by […]
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