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Commentary

Never Ashamed of the Cross

BY Mark Shea

Confirmation, Continued

November 8-14, 2009 Issue

Biblical authors (and other ancient Christians) have a habit of referring to the mysteries of the Christian faith by means of euphemism or code words. The Church began as a persecuted faith whose members were not always inclined to blab about their holiest rites and sacraments in a way that was... READ MORE


Don’t Be Dismayed by Overdone Devotions

BY David Mills

November 8-14, 2009 Issue

“I knew a kid in grade school …” the story often begins, if the speaker grew up in a Protestant church. “My mother used to …” it often begins, if the speaker grew up a Catholic and then joined a Protestant group. I have never asked to hear this story, but I have heard it many times,... READ MORE


How Catholic Is This Compass?

BY Joan Frawley Desmond

November 8-14, 2009 Issue

In 1987, after President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, the jurist went to pay his respects to Sen. Ted Kennedy, a powerful member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. As the two men shook hands, Bork later recalled, the senator said quietly,... READ MORE


Tea-Party Catholics?

BY Joseph E. Capizzi

November 1-7, 2009 Issue

Much has been made of the “tea party” movement in the United States, but not a lot has been said about a question it raises for Catholics: In what ways — if any at all — is “tea partying” an appropriate activity for a Catholic American citizen?

There are many difficulties in thinking... READ MORE


Without Truth There Is No Love — and Vice Versa

BY Donald DeMarco

November 1-7, 2009 Issue

It is customary in any “Introduction to Philosophy” course to explain to students that “philosophy” means “love of wisdom.” Unfortunately, what often follows is a sea of epistemological fog otherwise known as relativism, skepticism, cynicism and nihilism.

If a little more attention were... READ MORE


The Abolition of Man (and Woman)

BY BENJAMIN WIKER

November 1-7, 2009 Issue

In 1943, C.S. Lewis published his masterful The Abolition of Man, a book that is far more profound than its short length (130 pages) might suggest. Lewis’ central concern is the use of technology to control, manipulate and reconstruct human nature. The book was written in the shadow of the... READ MORE


Delivered!

BY Mark Shea

Confirmation, Part 3

October 25-31, 2009 Issue

We seem so often to be incurable legalists when it comes to the things of God. Some people talk as though baptism doesn’t really stick unless you are confirmed, too. Others wonder whether, since baptism does “stick,” confirmation is really necessary — as though the goal is to achieve a sort... READ MORE


A Few Suggestions for Next Year’s Nobel Peace Prize

BY Kathryn Jean Lopez

October 25-31, 2009 Issue

“Each person is sacred, no matter what his or her culture, religion, handicap, or fragility. Each person is created in God’s image; each one has a heart, a capacity to love and to be loved.”

These words are from a meditation in the prayer journal Magnificat. It appeared the Sunday after the... READ MORE


No More No-Tell Hotels

BY Mary Ann Kuharski

Let’s Fight Back Against Pay-Per-View Porn

October 25-31, 2009 Issue

Every summer our children looked forward to a family vacation. Granted, with 13 children, our leisure spots were not always exotic.

In the early years, we were content with summer weekends at Grandma’s two-bedroom cabin. (Yep, I said two bedroom!) It was all we could afford. But as the children... READ MORE


Why Wait? Unity, Catholicity, Apostolicity

BY Mark Shea

Confirmation, Part 2

October 18-24, 2009 Issue

There are two traditions — East and West — when it comes to the sacrament of confirmation. Together they show how doctrine can develop and unfold within the Church much as the branches on the mustard plant can develop from the seed in ways that, while different for different branches, retain... READ MORE


Is Your Secret Life a Lonely Internal Wasteland?

BY Melinda Selmys

Postmodernism, Part 3

October 18-24, 2009 Issue

Insofar as postmodernism presents any sort of hope at all, it puts its hope in the exaltation of the interior life of the individual. It perceives that public space is no longer public in any meaningful sense, and so interior space becomes the location of human creative activity.

This leads to a... READ MORE


Spiritual Consolation Along ‘The Road’

BY Stephen Mirarchi

October 18-24, 2009 Issue For Subscribers Only

Until a few years ago, the majority of people familiar with Cormac McCarthy were graduate students in humanities, professors of English or attentive advanced-placement high schoolers. The latter were treated one year to a passage from the author’s philosophically dense novel The Crossing... READ MORE


A Sacrament in Search of a Theology: Confirmation, Part 1

BY Mark Shea

October 11-17, 2009 Issue

Confirmation has sometimes been called a sacrament in search of a theology. That’s because many Catholics wonder, “What exactly are we doing this for?” and celebrate it (if at all) mostly because, well, the Church says to do it and it seems like a nice rite of passage for teens passing into... READ MORE


Modern Lessons From America’s First Bishop

BY Kevin D. Roberts

October 11-17, 2009 Issue

Father John Carroll’s consecration as America’s first bishop — fittingly, on the feast of the Assumption 1790 — marked the Church’s transition from infancy to adolescence in our country. More than being mere Catholic history trivia, Archbishop Carroll’s tenure provides important... READ MORE


A Leader in the Service of Truth

BY Kathryn Jean Lopez

October 11-17, 2009 Issue

“The hope of this rising generation,” said Father Michael Keating, “sits on a hill with a Bauhaus-style bell tower cross here on the campus of the University of Mary." The bell tower — officially a "bell banner" — can be seen from miles away. Along with much of the stone and concrete... READ MORE


In Praise of Folly

BY Melinda Selmys

Postmodernism, Part 2

October 4-10, 2009 Issue

The fundamental disease of postmodernity is despair. Postmodernism is like a bereaved bride, weeping because her beloved is dead. There is nothing to console her — better if she were dead. Yet show her a reason to hope, and she will cling to it with all her strength.

Postmodernism has lost hope... READ MORE


Pray for a Harvest of Holy Priests

BY Father Salvatore DeStefano

October 4-10, 2009 Issue

No priest ever forgets his first day in the seminary. After all the discernment, he has left the job behind, the girlfriend behind, his own family and friends behind — all to journey down an unknown path, hoping and praying that he is doing God’s will. My first day was just like this.

We had... READ MORE


The Convert Clergy Conundrum

BY Father Dwight Longenecker

October 4-10, 2009 Issue

Tom was a Methodist minister for 30 years. He pastored a church with thousands of members, managed a large budget and employed 50 people. A married man with three grown children, Tom held a master’s degree in theology and a doctorate in pastoral counseling. He was a leader within his denomination... READ MORE


Washed, Justified, Sactified

BY Mark Shea

Baptism, Part 5

September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue

Naaman, the great Syrian general, had a little problem. He was a leper. His Israelite slave girl gave him news that a prophet of Israel, a great man named Elisha, might be able to help him out of his predicament. So, being a great man himself, he went to the prophet to ask for help. The reply came... READ MORE


All Eyes on Tyrannized Belmont Abbey

BY Gerald J. Russello

September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue

First the state came for Catholic hospitals. Now it’s coming for Catholic colleges.

In a remarkable act of government overreaching, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina with potential discrimination against women. The reason? The... READ MORE


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