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Why the Rudy Rejection Matters
BY Paul Kengor
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
With little fanfare, something politically, historically,
and even morally significant quickly passed on Jan. 30, 2008, when New York
Mayor Rudy Giuliani withdrew from the Republican presidential race.
Such is the superficiality of our media that within a span
of minutes the news cycle had already... READ MORE
Miracles Happen
BY Susan E. Wills Lenten Pro-Life To Do List
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
Between cursing the darkness and lighting a candle, we all
know which is the right choice.
Yet every year on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one hears
grumbling about the lack of progress in overturning that decision in its
entirety.
True, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1992 decision in... READ MORE
What Is A Pagan?
BY Mark Shea
February 24-March 1, 2008 Issue
“Paganism” is a term fraught with all sorts of connotations.
It originally meant something like “country dweller,”
“rustic” or even “hick.” That’s because (contrary to popular myth) Christianity
did not spread among the Hee Haw-watchers of antiquity, but among the city
dwellers... READ MORE
Apocalyptic Fooferah
BY Mark Shea
February 17-23, 2008 Issue
Recently, I mentioned some of the kooky apocalyptic theories
that swirl around evangelicalism and involve various interpretations of
Ezekiel, Daniel, Revelation and some of Jesus’ more obscure sayings, all
coupled with various predictions about Russia, Israel, the European Union, red
heifers,... READ MORE
Now What?
BY Melinda Selmys The Cluelessness Crisis, Part 4
February 17-23, 2008 Issue
Over the past three weeks, I’ve painted a rather grim view
of modern education in America, suggesting that children emerge from school
with only a small fraction of the training necessary to be complete, fulfilled
human beings, and that they are generally being molded in accord with the needs
of... READ MORE
When Tolerance Trumps Truth
BY DONALD DEMARCO
February 17-23, 2008 Issue
When Christ told his disciples that his teaching provided
them with a liberating truth (“You will know the truth and the truth will set
you free”), he was, at the same time, offering a blueprint for a liberal
education.
In today’s post-modern world, the notion that truth leads to
freedom is... READ MORE
The History of Cluelessness
BY Melinda Selmys The Cluelessness Crisis, Part 3
February 10-16, 2008 Issue
About 2,500 years ago, Plato came up with the idea that
class systems could be imposed through education; that people could be taught
that some are “copper,” others “silver” and a small elite are “gold.”
The idea didn’t catch on until the 1700s, when the Prussians
realized that... READ MORE
The Tale of 2 Churches
BY Father Dwight Longenecker
February 10-16, 2008 Issue
I have been a Catholic now for 13 years. Like most converts,
I described my reception into the Catholic Church as “coming home.” However,
the homecoming was not all that the sentimental phrase implies.
It is true that in coming home we received a warm welcome
from many Catholics. It is also... READ MORE
“Pro-Lifers Can Trust McCain”
BY Sen. Sam Brownback, R.-Kan.
February 10-16, 2008 Issue
I have been heartened to see such a lively discussion among
people of faith regarding the presidential election. Many are rightly concerned
about how best to ensure the protection of life, rebuild the family and renew
the culture in America.
I was disappointed, however, to read Mark Stricherz... READ MORE
McCain Sits Down for Life
BY Mark Stricherz
February 3-9, 2008 Issue
After he won the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries,
John McCain did not talk about abortion.
He did not pledge to appoint strict-constructionist judges
to the bench, much less to build a culture of life. He spoke of “our enduring
values,” but his definition was not exactly carved on... READ MORE
The Death of Irony
BY ANGELO MATERA Benedict and the Enemies of Reason
February 3-9, 2008 Issue
If irony abounds, but no one notices, does that mean irony
is dead? Or does it mean we’re living in the most ironic of all possible
worlds?
That’s the question that comes to mind watching the
intellectual controversies Pope Benedict XVI has had to confront on the world
stage in the past year... READ MORE
Company Kids
BY Melinda Selmys The Cluenessness Crisis. Part 2
February 3-9, 2008 Issue
Pope John Paul II spoke against an epidemic trend in modern
education — and particularly education in North America: to treat children not
as growing persons, but as potential employees.
“Financial needs
often induce people to give priority to academic learning, to the detriment of
the... READ MORE
Some Good Catholic Music
BY Webster Young
January 27- February 2, 2008 Issue
One of the present conundrums of the secular music world is
its inability to reject once and for all what is inferior in music and elevate
what is superior.
It has been pointed out by writers like R.H. Bottum in The
Christian Science Monitor that this is due to the existence of... READ MORE
The Cluelessness Crisis
BY Melinda Selmys Part 1: The 5 Essentials of Education
January 27- February 2, 2008 Issue
Five hundred years ago, a child was ready to start his life
at the age of 12 or 13. The Virgin Mary was about 13 or 14 when God considered
her capable of making history’s greatest act of human moral freedom.
As early as 100 years ago, the average young person was
ready to begin life at the age of... READ MORE
Christians Vs. Christ
BY Mark Shea
January 27- February 2, 2008 Issue
More than once since becoming Catholic, I have had
conversations with people who have been burned by fellow Christians and
declared in their anger, “I was a fool to believe in these people. I am
determined not to get fooled again.”
Not a few people, acting on this resolve, have left the
Church.... READ MORE
‘Catholics for Choice’ Is Neither
BY Donald DeMarco
January 20-26, 2008 Issue
Today, they are announcing campaign plans. But in the spring
2007 issue of Conscience, the publication of a nefarious group of abortion
promoters who call themselves, strangely enough, “Catholics for a Free Choice,”
announced its new president.
Jon O’Brien, who worked as program manager at... READ MORE
The Risk Of Love
BY MARK SHEA Life, Death and the ‘Hard Cases’
January 20-26, 2008 Issue
Recently a reader wrote me to say, “I read a story on the
Internet about a Catholic couple whose new baby was diagnosed with spina bifida
and anencephaly (no brain). They chose to abort it. How on earth would you deal
pastorally with such a horrible situation?”
Such questions involve several... READ MORE
Faith at the Abortion Center
BY Maria Vitale
January 20-26, 2008 Issue
It may sound incongruous to say, but I believe that I found
my faith at an abortion center.
Perhaps “rediscovered” is a more appropriate word.
I had been a lukewarm Catholic, attending Sunday Mass
(mostly), ignoring the sacrament of reconciliation, questioning some of the
teachings of the Holy... READ MORE
Pharmacists, Religious Liberty, and Conscience
BY Gerald J. Russello
January 13-19, 2008 Issue
There is some good news for religious liberty, for once. A
federal judge in Seattle ruled that state regulations requiring pharmacists to
stock and supply contraceptives (including the Plan B “emergency contraceptive”
pill), even when contrary to their religious beliefs, were unconstitutional.... READ MORE
Instrument of Peace
BY PAUL KENGOR Bill Clark, the Catholic Leader America Forgot
January 13-19, 2008 Issue
One of the most consequential Catholics of modern times is
also one of the least heralded and most enigmatic.
His name is William P. “Bill” Clark, known as “The Judge,” because
of his decade of service on the bench, including the California Supreme Court.
Those appointments followed his... READ MORE
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