The death of a young pregnant woman has thrust the issue of abortion center-stage in Ireland, with pro-choice campaigners blaming the country’s ban on abortion for the woman’s death. However, even a quick perusal of […]
“All that I have to say, is, to tell you that the lanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this thorn-bush, my thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.” — Moonshine, “Midsummer Night’s […]
Here is Pope Benedict XVI’s Message for the Twenty-Eighth World Youth Day, courtesy of Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 16 November 2012 (VIS) – “Go and make disciples of all nations!” is the title of […]
In an ideal Catholic world, if a Catholic theologian promoted a woman’s right to choose abortion and encouraged access to same-sex marriage, while also comparing the sacrifice of the Mass to an act of homosexual […]
Controversy over Ireland’s abortion laws has exploded world-wide after a 31-year-old woman died on October 28 of blood poisoning, having miscarried her 17-week-old fetus. Savita Halappanavar’s husband says that Irish doctors refused to terminate her […]
Democracy means “rule by the people,” but today that seems an increasingly distant ideal. We live in a diverse country of 310 million people with a government responsible for a huge range of domestic and […]
George Weigel’s latest column “The Crisis of a Second Obama Administration” has been making the rounds in the Catholic blogosphere today; receiving particular attention is Weigel’s contention that “it seems important to accelerate a serious […]
In a NRO piece titled, “Lesbian Mothers’ Children”, Mark Regnerus questions the validity and viability of producing new studies based on the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: This month yielded yet another published study — […]
I want to thank Alex Gibney for taking the time to reply to my analysis of his new documentary film, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God. Any good and honest writer appreciates […]
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