The teaching of Vatican II on the question of salvation entails surprises. While the Council holds that there is no salvation outside the Church, it exerts itself with solicitude for those who may qualify as […]
On November 22, 1963, at 2:30 pm central time, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. An hour earlier, across the Atlantic, C.S. Lewis had died at his home in Oxford. A few short hours […]
Last week Italian newsweekly Panorama ran a profile of the man behind the photograph that may very well become one of the defining images of Pope Francis’ papacy. Readers will remember it, I am sure—a […]
Longtime readers of the Insight Scoop blog (est. A.D. 2004) know that I occasionally break from the modest, cerebral approach that characterizes the vast majority of my writing (yes, that was typed keyboard-in-cheek) in order […]
Earlier this year, a friend and I attended the Ludwig von Mises Institute conference in Houston, Texas. The conference centered upon an analysis of the current financial challenges facing our country, and a discussion of […]
There have been reports in the Italian press that earlier this month Pope Francis personally telephoned an Italian traditionalist writer known for his harsh criticisms of the Pontiff, expressing sympathy and offering prayers for the […]
“God, who is justice and truth, does not judge by appearances.” — Antiphon #3, Daytime Prayer, Wednesday, Week III, Roman Breviary. “But you, God of mercy and compassion, / slow to anger, O Lord, / […]
Cardinal George Pell’s column for November 18th reflected on the findings of the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Child Abuse. An excerpt: On Wednesday the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Child Abuse brought down its 700 page […]
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