General
On the feast of Blessed John Paul II
I was fortunate to be able to see Blessed John Paul II in person on two occasions, first when he visited St. Louis in 1999 and then again at World Youth Day 2000 in Rome. […]
Month: October 2013
General
Men Who “Father” and Fathers Who Are Men
When I first saw headlines last week about the death of NFL’s star Adrian Peterson’s young son, I was shocked. And then I was confused. Shocked, because the two-year-old boy, Ty, had been viciously beaten […]
Special Report
A Man of Ideas: The Legacy of Mortimer Adler
Mortimer J. Adler passed away in June of 2001, having left an indelible mark on 20th century philosophy. A standard history of philosophy text might place him under the subheading of the Aristotelian and Thomistic […]
General
In Egypt, 8-year-old girl killed at church shooting; in Syria, bombs planted in confessional
From two troubled Middle Eastern countries come these stories of Christians under attack. First, over the weekend three people were killed and 18 more were injured in an attack on a Coptic Christian church during […]
Special Report
A Christian Way of Being Present in the Digital World
When Pope Benedict XVI opened a Twitter account in December 2012, it was not a publicity stunt but rather the logical development of Vatican involvement in the communications media that began with the founding of […]
General
Remembering Russell Kirk in St. Andrews
St. Andrews, Scotland—Earlier today, I took one last walk through the cold, damp, medieval streets of this remote university town, taking in the splendors of this magical place. And upon my return to the old […]
Books
Michael Novak, from Socialism to Conservatism
“One of life’s most time-consuming tasks is to achieve disagreement with an ideological opposite,” writes Michael Novak in his newly released memoir, Writing from Left to Right: My Journey from Liberal to Conservative. It’s a […]
General
Sloth, “Julia,” and the New Evangelization
In a piece entitled “The Anatomy of Sloth,” recently posted online at Crisis Magazine, Professor Howard Kainz suggested that while “[g]reat, notorious heroes of lust, anger, greed, pride, and the other capital sins will easily […]
Analysis
Moderate Muslim Myopia
Here’s a question to test your knowledge of Islam. The Muslim calendar is dated from: a) the birth of Muhammad b) the first revelation to Muhammad c) the immigration of Muslims to Medina from Mecca […]
General
Martini, Bernardin, and Pope Francis
Among Catholics who’ve been rattled by remarks by Pope Francis in his famous interviews, some have sought solace in blaming the media. They have a point. Sensationalism, oversimplification, and ignorance (headline writers notwithstanding, “proselytism” and […]