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Faith in The Age Of Science
BY DONALD DEMARCO
June 29 - July 5, 2008 Issue
The age in
that we live is not one of faith. It is an age of science, alternatively
called, The Atomic Age, The Space Age, The Computer Age.
In contrast to science, faith seems
insubstantial and entirely subjective. The atomic bomb, flights to the moon and
the computer — which has become a... READ MORE
When Your Faith Is Illegal
BY Gerald Russello
June 22-28, 2008 Issue
Another clash
of rights is occurring in California. Recently, the California Supreme Court —
the same court that recently legalized same-sex “marriages” in that state —
heard argument in a case that pits religious belief against statutory rights
with respect to fertility treatments.
At... READ MORE
The Historical Shakespeare
BY FATHER ANDREAS KRAMARZ, LC A New Biography Offers New Facts About the Bard’s Life and Faith
June 22-28, 2008 Issue 
Is Prince William, the current heir to the British
throne, a direct descendant of William Shakespeare? Prince William’s mother is
the late Diana Spencer, whose family can be traced to Baron William Spencer of
Wormleighton, who, in 1615, was married to Penelope, who was the (illegitimate)
child of... READ MORE
Passing Hell’s Gates
BY Melinda Selmys
June 22-28, 2008 Issue
There was, in the Holy Land 2000 years ago, a chasm
out of which the river Jordan ran, and which was widely known as a gate to the
underworld.
Legend
holds that here was a “cavern measureless to man,” worthy of the imagination of
Coleridge, and that the natives of that part of the world had... READ MORE
Nothing Is as Scary as It Seems
BY Melinda Selmys
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
Fear will always tend to present the anxieties of
the future in the most serious possible tones.
It
is never “I may have to get unemployment insurance, and schlep around town
looking for work.” It’s always “I’ll lose my job and the bank will seize the
house.” It’s not “We’d... READ MORE
The Rule of The Father
BY TIM DRAKE A Defense of Priestly Fatherhood
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
The
concelebration of a papal Mass is always a sight to behold. There, for the eyes
of the world to see, is the Church as it really, truly exists — the Pope,
lifting up the body and blood of Christ before the altar is surrounded by the
Church’s visible hierarchy of cardinals, bishops and... READ MORE
Press Spins Sins
BY Donald DeMarco
June 15-21, 2008 Issue
Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti, who occupies the
second highest place in the Vatican’s “Apostolic Penitentiary,” may be
wondering what the appropriate penance is that the mainstream media should pay
for turning his comments about confession into an international burlesque.
In
a March... READ MORE
Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and the Persecution of Civil Society
BY JENNIFER ROBACK MORSE
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
Advocates of
same-sex “marriage” present the idea as a step forward for tolerance and
respect. But recent developments place that interpretation very much in doubt.
Legalizing same-sex “marriage” is
not a stand-alone policy, independent of all the other activities of the state.
Once... READ MORE
2 Kinds of Fear
BY Melinda Selmys Be Not Afraid, Part 1
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
I was speaking with a friend of mine recently
about the food shortages that are being blared from every media outlet, the
rumors of recession that darken the financial reports, and the threat of
further hostilities in the Middle East, which seem to flare up with all the
regularity of a recurrent... READ MORE
Theological Vending Machines
BY MARK SHEA
June 8-14, 2008 Issue
When I was a kid, I believed my family knew
everything. My brother Mike, after all,
could work wonders by turning me invisible with a mere “Abracadabra!”
I’d
run around the house waving at everybody and making faces, and they would all
stare right through me saying, “I hear you, Mark, but... READ MORE
What Lucy Pevensie Saw in Narnia
BY Father Dwight Longenecker
June 1-7, 2008 Issue
Prince Caspian is in our theaters this month, and it was perhaps inevitable
that filmmakers missed the theological heart of the story.
C.S.
Lewis’ second Narnia tale brings the four Pevensie children back to their
alternative world when a young prince named Caspian, whose royal father... READ MORE
Fake Courage, Real Cowardice
BY Mark Shea
June 1-7, 2008 Issue
Item:
At the kickoff for the 40 Days for Life in Seattle, a number of pro-abortion
thugs occupied the parking lot of the University of Washington Newman Center
and screamed some slogans on behalf of baby-killing.
Finally,
one of the priests at the Newman Center — as gentle and kindly-spoken a... READ MORE
The Wisdom of the Mind
BY DONALD DEMARCO The Wisdom of the Mind
June 1-7, 2008 Issue
According to Plato, wisdom is the communion of the soul with
reality. By this he meant that wisdom gives us both a broad and reliable
understanding of reality.
At
the opposite end of the spectrum for ancient Greek thinkers is Narcissus who
saw nothing more than his own image as it was reflected in... READ MORE
DNC Response: Democrats Are People of Faith
BY John Kelly
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
Mark Stricherz wrote in the April 6 issue that the soul of
the Democratic Party is still secular, which was news to millions of
faith-filled Democrats as well as those of us working at the Democratic
National Committee’s Faith in Action office.
Democrats have been and continue to be people of... READ MORE
2 Ways of Seeing Babies
BY MARJORIE DANNENFELSER
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
Contrast is surely the leaven of politics. And nothing
highlights worldview differences better than candidates’ and legislators’
positions on sanctity of life issues.
There’s almost no issue that candidates, political parties
and legislators try to avoid more. They hope that it will go away,... READ MORE
Freedom Is Scary
BY MARK SHEA
May 25-31, 2008 Issue
You know the drill: The Church is a prison that shackles the
hearts and minds of people who yearn for the freedom to think and act as they
please.
It is a stifling cell in which the best and the brightest
are not allowed to be free due to the brutal restraints of dogma.
The reality is that most... READ MORE
When the Politics of Race Come Home
BY JAY DUNLAP
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
When my 8-year-old son announced he liked Barack Obama, I
held my tongue: I refrained from launching into the litany of Sen. Obama’s
anti-life policy positions, such as his recent statement that he would encourage
his own young daughter to have an abortion rather than be “punished” by... READ MORE
Veritatis Benedictus
BY PAUL KENGOR The Encyclical That Visited America
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
There were many remarkable aspects to Pope Benedict XVI’s
recent trip to America. Among those not
remarked upon, however, were two that stand out:
1) the degree to which Benedict’s message matched Pope John
Paul II’s message in the latter’s profound 1993 encyclical Veritatis Splendor
(The... READ MORE
The Scandal of Healing
BY MARK SHEA
May 18-24, 2008 Issue
The “scandal” of the Gospel used to be a badge of honor for
Catholics.
It was “scandalous” that God should become man, die on the
cross, and grant us life through death. All of these affronts to the world’s
wisdom were summarized by St. Paul:
“For since, in the wisdom of God, the... READ MORE
Catholic Youth Living the Challenge of Hope
BY Trish Bailey
May 11-17, 2008 Issue
After the Youth Rally and the Mass with Pope Benedict XVI in
New York, one young woman confessed, “Sometimes at home it seems like the
Church is dying, but it’s not. It’s really coming alive. All those people came
this weekend because they love our Pope and our Church.”
Pope Benedict not... READ MORE
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