There’s emerging what some will call a new brouhaha and others will regard as a renewed rigorous discussion about capital punishment and the Catholic Church. The issue itself has been controversial in the last several […]
Imagine being the American architect, George Franklin Barber (1854-1915). Your designs for “houses and stores and churches” all fit on hundreds of little cards “threaded together with a length of yarn” to constitute a catalogue […]
In this election season, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have proposed significant policies to help parents. Their proposals share two main features: (1) enhanced maternity or family leave mandated by federal regulations and subsidized […]
“The world’s six wealthiest countries (the USA, China, Japan, Germany, France, and the UK) have received less than nine percent of the 65 million people fleeing to escape war and poverty.” — L’Osservatore Romano (English, August 26, […]
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has elaborated on a widely-shared homily he delivered last weekend, in which he lamented Europe’s falling away from Christianity and stated that “many Muslims” wish for “a third attempt at an Islamic […]
A man dressed in clerical garb is seen addressing a crowd. He tells them, with a visible passion, that if the state won’t stop local drug dealers then he will. And, as we see later, […]
In a message to a gathering of bishops of the Americas in Bogota, Colombia, Pope Francis made a point that’s always worth recalling but especially timely now in this Year of Mercy. Sin exists, he […]
There is a local inside joke about Oxford that goes like this: “How is the Anglican Church like the Turl?” Answer: “Because it goes from High to Broad, passing by Jesus.” The joke is usually […]
Father George William Rutler commands respect and attention with his grounded demeanor and calm, confident disposition. Those who have followed his career know well that when he opens his mouth, puts pen to paper, or […]
I noted last month that personal and social identity is a problem for people today. No one seems sure where it comes from, what it’s for, or what difference it should make. The natural attitude, it seems, […]
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