The Episcopalian Bishop of San Francisco, Marc Andrus, did not participate in Thursday’s installation Mass for Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, according to a post on Bishop Andrus’ website. Bishop Andrus reports how he […]
Why stop there, Dr. Hans? You’re on a roll! How about calling the Pope a “Bible-thumping, rosary-kissing jihadist”? Or to faithful nuns as “Hell Angels in habits”? Or to practicing, believing Catholics as “illiterate Fundie drones […]
“Here at Loreto [Italy] fifty years ago, Blessed John XXIII issued an invitation to contemplate the mystery, to ‘reflect on that union of heaven and earth, which is the purpose of the Incarnation and Redemption,’ […]
From an e-letter sent by Luke Nicholas Miller, the Conference Director for The Napa Institute: Dear Friends of the Napa Institute, Beginning tomorrow, Saturday, October 6, excerpts from our 2012 Napa Institute Conference will […]
What we really need, in Mass, is music to die for—that is, music that is appropriate to the full depth of our experience of human suffering and sin, the reality of death, and the promise […]
In public schools: Six months ago, a student came to Triton High School Principal Catherine DePaul with a disturbing story: She believed another student was involved in a sexual relationship with a teacher at the […]
I don’t know about you, but my time spent on the Internet can always benefit from a little Flannery O’Connor. Over at First Thoughts, Leroy Huizenga uses characters from O’Connor’s famous short story “A Good […]
Anne Hendershott and Christopher White, both regular contributors to Catholic World Report, explain to readers of USA Today why the fear-mongering over the installation of Archbishop Cordileone in San Francisco misrepresents the new archbishop and […]
Pope John Paul II gave encouragement to families whose members include children with disabilities in an address in 1999. He acknowledged that the birth of a child with special needs can leave his parents “deeply shocked.” However, […]
Emily Esfahani Smith, in a post titled, “Piss Christ, ‘Art’, and Violence”, considers differing reactions to “art” intended to anger adherents of a particular religion: “Terrible ideas, reprehensible ideas, do not disappear if you ban […]
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