A culture is a complex composition of the manners, rites, language, laws, ideas, and customs of a people. These sources describe what a given people hold to be true, or at least valid. How they […]
President Obama issued the following statement last week on the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade: Today, as we reflect on the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, we recommit […]
In the summer of 2012, I interviewed an Evangelical minister and activist on my television show in Canada. I’ve hosted this nightly current affairs program for almost three years now, and I try to discuss […]
With eight national championships and an Olympic gold medal, Geno Auriemma, the University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach, is idolized by Connecticut sports fans. This is why Catholics attending Mass last Sunday at St. Mary’s […]
The head of the Vatican Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, has responded to an article about Pope Francis appearing in Rolling Stone magazine, calling it superficial and crude. Via Vatican Radio: “[The article] is […]
Today Pope Francis received a delegation from the University of Notre Dame, the members of which were present for the inauguration of the university’s new center in Rome. In a brief address, Pope Francis praised […]
Remi Brague begins his lovely little book by stating: “What is truly interesting is that the images and concepts that have been made of God (which concepts are themselves, at bottom, but images) differ among […]
Who wants to be a troglodyte, insensitive, intolerant, a bigot? That’s the label you are wearing these days if you oppose gay and lesbian marriage. Let everyone make their own choices is the public mantra. […]
MPAA Rating, R USCCB Rating, O (morally offensive) Reel Rating, Walking through an art gallery, con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) points out a Rembrandt painting to FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper) and […]
In the 1960s and ’70s, the name Marshall McLuhan became a household word for the bourgeoisie of the western world, and something of a mantra for its intelligentsia. McLuhan’s ground-breaking and often prophetic insights into […]
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