Andrew McCarthy discusses those issues at length in an October 20th essay on the NRO site. An excerpt: Religion as cosmetic reverence shorn of substantive content is a virtue only the postmodern, post-doctrinal West could […]
Editor’s Note: The following article originally appeared, in a slightly different form, in the July/August 2000 issue of Catholic Faith magazine. It is republished here to mark the feast day for Blessed John Paul II […]
Two friends alerted me to a Wall Street Journal piece, “My 6,128 Favorite Books”, by Joe Queenan, which is adapted from his new book, One For the Books. I’ve read several of Queenan’s books; at his best, he is […]
Pope Benedict XVI will today canonize seven new saints, four women and three men. From RomeReports.com: Among the new saints, are two martyrs: Jacques Berthieu (1838-1896), who was killed in Madagascar and Peter Calungsod, who was killed in the […]
This Sunday Pope Benedict XVI will canonize seven new saints, one of whom is Blessed Pedro Calungsod, a teenage catechist from the Philippines who was martyred in 17th-centry Guam. In an effort to spread the […]
Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco addressed yesterday’s bizarre DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) ruling by a federal appeals court panel: “The recognition that marriage is and can only be the union of one man and […]
Five years ago, a major change came to the lives of Sister Mary Eucharista, a member of the Religious Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (CMRI), and 14 of her fellow sisters living at Mount St. […]
Last night presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama took a break from the heated rhetoric of the campaign trail, offering more lighted-hearted remarks at the 67th Annual Al Smith Dinner. Gov. Romney’s remarks: President […]
I understand the part about “grey” in “The Grey Lady”, but am not clear about the “lady” part. Especially since the editors of The New York Times cannot conceive (pun intended, I suppose) or comprehend […]
Actually, I think it is a sign of things as they already are, and will continue to be; from The Daily Beast: We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily […]
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