The NPR site has a recent piece, “Nuns And The Vatican: A Clash Decades In Making”, that is informative in some ways, curious in others. One informative part is anecdotal and opens the piece: When […]
Not that it’s a slow news day, but I couldn’t let this bizarre bit of news pass by, taken from a recent article in The New York Times about chickens and their loving owners in […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 2 May 2012 (VIS) – The prayer of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, was the theme of the Holy Father’s catechesis during his general audience this morning. Addressing […]
Maureen Dowd, as most readers know, writes a regular op-ed column for the New York Times. Her dislike for certain people and institutions is quite obvious, mostly because she fixates on them in nearly every […]
Here is William McGurn, from his column in yesterday’s WSJ: Paul Ryan shocked the gentle souls at Georgetown University when he traveled up to their campus last Thursday and said: “We believe that Social Security […]
One of my hopes and goals for Catholic World Report is to have some regular reviews of not just books and movies, but also of good music. (Or, on occasion, of really bad music crying […]
A powerful quote from a source that might surprise some readers: Beneath the issue of contraception is a question about the role ideals and norms play in our communal lives. Yes, they restrict our behavior […]
Just released by the Thomas More Society: “Legal War” for IRS if Churches Are Attacked for Speaking Out on Issues Thomas More Society Promises a Free and Aggressive Legal Defense To Any Religious Leaders Targeted […]
This is newsworthy for the simple reason it is rare to hear of a secular newspaper or other news outlet praise the Catholic Church for how it has addressed the sexual abuse scandal. And it […]
This piece in today’s edition of Vatican Information Service contains several interesting remarks about China, especially regarding the ongoing confusions caused by illegitimately ordained bishops: Vatican City, 26 April 2012 (VIS) – The Commission for […]
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