The Reports of Our Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated. With apologies to Mark Twain, who first penned a version of those words in a note to a friend on November 4, 1897, Salon readers were […]
What is it about monks and beer? The two just go together. And as craft beer continues to rise in popularity in the United States, the ones responsible for creating western brewing practices are reclaiming […]
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, and, as they do every year, hundreds of thousands descended on Washington, DC to protest the decision and call for the legal […]
(Vatican Radio, January 21, 2015) To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) will soon publish a joint declaration. […]
Is the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage, including indissolubility, an ideal or a norm? Although the question may sound abstract, even esoteric, it has urgent, immediate practical implications. To say one admires the Church’s teaching […]
Where will the Pope live when Rome falls to Islam? It’s not an idle question. For one thing, there is historical precedent. Popes have been forced from Rome in the past. For another thing, numerous […]
The Second Reading from this past Sunday is pretty straightforward. St. Paul exhorts the Corinthians, “Avoid immorality.” The word is immorality, as in “wickedness,” “evil conduct and qualities.” You know. Those wrongs we should avoid. Yet for […]
The following address was given by David J. Theroux, founder and president of The Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California, at the first annual conference of Christians for Liberty, that was held […]
On May 10, 2012, Nancy Keenan, the outgoing president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, spoke with the Washington Post. The Post reported: “In recent years, Keenan has worried about an ‘intensity gap’ on abortion rights among […]
As the result of yet another brazen act of judicial fiat, Florida has become the 36th state where same-sex “marriage” is now the law of the land. The bishop of St. Petersburg, Robert Lynch, reacted […]
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