From this vale of tears, one can never be sure about the boundaries of acceptable behavior at the Throne of Grace. Is laughter at earthly foibles permitted? Encouraged? I like to think so. Which inclines […]
[Editor’s note: This is the third and final installment in a series examining Cardinal Walter Kasper’s proposals regarding the reception of Communion by the civilly divorced and remarried. The first can be read in Spanish here, […]
Sci-fi is now reality. The rapid growth of artificial intelligence truly baffles the mind, though not the imagination. Long envisioned in fiction, the creation of “intelligent” computers has arrived and not just for research purposes. […]
The August 2015 edition of National Geographic has a lengthy essay, “Will the Pope Change the Vatican? Or Will the Vatican Change the Pope?”, that has some of the usual stuff—Francis emphasizes the poor over […]
Although the pill has been considered good medicine for over fifty years, scientific researchers are meeting for an upcoming conference to discuss their work showing the manifold hazards of oral contraceptives. The event, “Contraceptive Conundrum: […]
With excerpts below from Justice Scalia’s dissent, we continue our serialization of what we think are the most important excerpts from the five opinions in the Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision in Obergefell v. Hodges […]
National educational surveys indicate that Americans are making a transition from learning in a traditional classroom setting to learning online, with increasing numbers of students stating their preference for taking courses online. In response to […]
It is rare for a documentary film to arrive with such a fanfare. But The Look of Silence (www.thelookofsilence.com) just has. Perhaps, however, it is not so surprising after all when one considers its director […]
Earlier this week, the Catholic men’s reading group I’ve been meeting with for several years discussed Pope Francis’ “Laudato Si’”. There were fifteen men in attendance, including three priests, and while not everyone had been […]
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