It's hard to believe that the Garry Wills formerly known as an intelligent and elegant writer has sunk to a point so low and embarrassing that his "arguments" are on par, if just barely, with elementary sc
From Vatican Information Service:
Vatican City, 22 February 2012 (VIS) - During his general audience this morning, the Holy Father dedicated his catechesis to the subject of Lent (which begins today, Ash Wednesday), the period o
George Weigel first (and rightly) blasts the "ill-educated Catholics in Congress" and the Catholic Health Ass
From the February 18, 2012, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
But on Thursday afternoon in Washington, the Rev. Matthew Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, told a panel of law
Blessed Marianne Cope and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha are two of seven to be declared saints this fal
Vatican City, 18 February 2012 (VIS) - In St. Peter's Basilica at 10.30 a.m. this morning, Benedict XVI celebrated the fourth ordinary public consistory of his pontificate, during which he create
From a February 16th statement issued by the Sisters of Life, "a contemplative / active religious community of women founded in 1991 by John Cardinal O’Connor for the
Br. Thomas More Garret, a Dominican who used to work in law and as a Congressional staffer, discusses an overlooked, uh, feature of the HHS mandate: <
In 1956, in his book, The Political and Social Ideas of St. Augustine, Professor Herbert Deane at Columbia Unive
From the Cardinal Roger Mahony Blogs L.A. site:
Mr. President, you are trying to resolve the wrong problem. Your HHS new federal rule governing mandated health care services is not just about women's services an
Vatican City, 15 February 2012 (VIS) - For the second consecutive week the Holy Father focused his catechesis during his general audience on Jesus' prayer before dying, basing his remarks on thre