The suffering of the disabled living through the ethnic conflict in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is only seen now that the fighting has abated. Church-funded community groups are picking […]
This spring the French parliament is scheduled to debate a bill proposing revisions to the national bioethics laws currently in force. In January 2010 the pertinent legislative commission published its report, which addresses questions about […]
Of all the foreign citizens seeking political asylum in the United States—individuals trying to escape war, genocide, or torture come readily to mind—those fighting for the right to educate their children at home might seem […]
The month of March 2010 saw an unprecedented worldwide media attack on the Holy See and on Pope Benedict XVI, reaching a crescendo during Holy Week as journalists strove to find a direct link between […]
A new study of recent vocations to religious life in the United States has found that most new vocations are going to orders that practice more traditional forms of religious life. Some have expressed […]
In his Dialogue Against the Luciferians, St. Jerome described the dissent, confusion, and ecclesial machinations that afflicted the Church in the years following the First Council of Nicaea. “The whole world groaned, and was astonished […]
On March 21, in a rare Sunday vote, the US Congress revolutionized America’s health care system. Without a single Republican vote, Democrats fulfilled President Barack Obama’s promise to “fundamentally transform” America. Because the legislation did […]
Philip Jenkins is a fellow at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion and the Erle Sparks Professor of History and Religious Studies at Penn State. He has written more than 20 books on subjects […]
The tornado of accusations that blew over the Church in March and April sent sheets of rain down on the just and the unjust alike. Most of it fell on the figure least responsible for […]
Pope Benedict XVI noted at a Wednesday audience in March that “after the Second Vatican Council some were convinced that all would be made new, that another Church was being made, that the pre-conciliar Church […]
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