Readings: • 2 Kgs 5:14-17 • Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 • 2 Tim 2:8-13 • Lk 17:11-19 Zombies have long been a part of popular culture, with numerous movies and books presenting stories about the […]
In The Unquiet Grave Cyril Connelly, the 20th century Anglo-Irish critic, writer, and editor, having acknowledged the existence of the thousands of people like him (“…Liberals without a belief in progress, Democrats who despise their […]
Today Pope Francis spoke at a seminar held by the Women’s Section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which was organized for the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s apostolic letter on women, […]
As I was reading Joseph Bottum’s rambling brief in Commonweal arguing that Catholics should accept legalized same-sex marriage, I happened to dip into Father Dwight Longenecker’s new book The Romance of Religion (Thomas Nelson). There […]
In a recently published, wide-ranging, and fascinating interview with New York Magazine, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia shared his observations, beliefs, and opinions on a host of topics—including religion, Satan, and atheism. Here are a […]
From the BBC comes this story about artists who are using their craft to protest China’s notorious one-child policy. It leads with a description of “Terracotta Daughters,” by French artist Prune Nourry, which highlights how […]
The Resurrection stories are replete with people failing to recognize Jesus until he says or does something evocative, puzzling even serious Christians. Skeptics use these appearances to suggest that Resurrection witnesses succumbed to a kind […]
In 1992 the Treaty of Maastricht turned the European Common Market on its head, and replaced the free association of sovereign nations cooperating to achieve their mutual interest—as envisioned in the Treaty of Rome of […]
A new report on the death of Savita Halappanavar—the Indian woman whose death last year at 17 weeks pregnant sparked a debate over Ireland’s abortion laws—states that there was a “general lack of provision of […]
Cardinal Francis Arinze grew up in Nigeria, and in 1965 became the youngest bishop in the world at the age of 32. He was the first African cardinal to head a Vatican office and served […]
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