I read an article on Albert Camus’ book The Plague recently. It said, in part: Like his hero, Camus gives us hope. He believes that the deadly crisis will encourage solidarity and bring out the […]
I have no wish to overdramatize our current challenges, but since many people are reading multiple articles daily about the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, perhaps this would be a good time to recall C. […]
I see that the German bishops have embarked on their “binding synodal process.” Who, other than a German, could get excited by a “binding process”? This is like getting all aflutter when the boss announces […]
“… they speak great swelling words of emptiness …” — 2 Peter 2:18 “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” — Edgar Allan Poe It used to […]
Bemused? Befuddled? Puzzled? What word do I use to describe my reaction to the recent media consensus that the U. S. bishops on their ad liminia visits to Rome will (and indeed must) fall all […]
“How can you believe in God when the world is so screwed up?” the student wrote. This is a common question. One way of responding is to say: “How can you not believe in God […]
There has been some consternation recently over this sentence from a February 4th document “On Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together,” signed by Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmad el-Taye: The pluralism and the […]
Those who follow golf will know (although I did not know until a good friend told me) that Steve Stricker won the U.S. Senior Open Golf Championship this year, taking home $720,000 in first-place prize […]
Like many people, I am somewhat concerned by the stories of parents who spent outrageous sums of money to secure entrance for their children into prestigious universities. But let’s not talk about top universities’ wealthy […]
The ashes have cooled. The firemen did their jobs. Within hours they were able to stop the flames from consuming the building and minimize the damage to the structure and its treasures. But now the […]
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