Editor’s note: The following post was written by Philip F. Lawler, editor emeritus of Catholic World Report. He is the editor of Catholic World News (cwnews.com) and author of The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of […]
As reported by the Associated Baptist Press: More than 60 Protestant and Orthodox Jewish religious leaders wrote the White House Dec. 21 asking President Obama not to implement a mandate requiring all private insurers to […]
The Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has released its 2009-2010 annual report, and the numbers are big, especially the number of babies killed and the amount of money collected. CNSNews.com summarizes some of the most […]
A few weeks ago it seemed that Rick Santorum couldn’t pay the media to pay attention to his campaign. Now, having traversed the state of Iowa relentlessly for weeks on end, he has a very […]
Certainly. And Leon Wieseltier sets out to explain how in his scathing review of Alex Rosenberg’s book, The Atheist’s Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life Without Illusions: Is there a god? No. What is the nature of […]
From Vatican Information Service: VATICAN CITY, 3 JAN 2012 (VIS) – Yesterday the episcopal conferences of Mexico and Cuba published separate press communiques announcing details of Benedict XVI’s forthcoming visit to those countries, due to […]
The writer of Ecclesiastes was a man who had clearly spent time contemplating the transitory yet steady nature of time and existence. “What has been is what will be,” he wrote, “and what has been […]
The basic problem with wanting to have it both ways is that you usually end up with either nothing or (more often) the destruction of the good. We Americans, sadly, have a weakness for having […]
“But we make a distinction between health care and killing…” — Cardinal Justin Rigali, November 20, 2009. “This is not about left versus right … It’s about hierarchy versus autonomy.” — A 25-year-old “Occupy Wall […]
“Now the first task for the imaginative conservative, I think,” wrote Russell Kirk in A Program for Conservatives, “is the hard duty of frank criticism.” A few pages later he noted, “To criticize, a man […]
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