Analysis

A Sign of the Times

May 8, 2011 Dr. Paul Kengor 0

Emily Belz of the evangelical publication WORLD magazine made a fascinating discovery after listening to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s keynote address to the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. In that February speech, […]

Interview

Nihilism as Compassion

May 8, 2011 Daniel Allott 0

Wesley J. Smith is a Senior Fellow in Human Rights and Bioethics at the Discovery Institute. He is also a consultant to the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, and a special consultant […]

Special Report

Alinskyite from the Start

May 8, 2011 Anne Hendershott 0

Describing the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) as “misbegotten in concept and corrupt in practice,” Father Richard John Neuhaus, the late editor of First Things, wrote in 2008 […]

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Special Report

“Pope Benedict Goes Bravely Forth”

May 7, 2011 J. J. Ziegler 0

When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the 265th pope on April 19, 2005, many reporters failed to come to terms with his theological depth. Instead, they tended to view him politically, at times employing the […]

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Special Report

A London Life

May 7, 2011 Joanna Bogle 0

The flag was flying from its flagpole over Buckingham Palace and 12-year-old Henry Kirk nodded knowledgeably. “Royal standard,” he said. “That indicates that the Queen’s at home. She’s been there all week. We noticed it […]

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Special Report

No One to Care for Them

May 7, 2011 Mags Gargan 0

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 […]

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News

No Room on the Lifeboat?

May 7, 2011 Michael J. Miller 0

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 […]

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Special Report

Tolerated in America, Persecuted Abroad

May 7, 2011 Daniel Allott 0

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 […]

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Special Report

Under Fire

May 7, 2011 Philip F. Lawler 0

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 […]

Special Report

The CARA Study and Vocations

May 7, 2011 Ann Carey 1

  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 […]