Poor Economy = Vocations Increase?
Posted by Tim Drake
Monday, March 02, 2009 9:02 AM
The New York Post is reporting an interesting trend. Many New Yorkers who have lost their jobs to the economic downturn are considering religious vocations.
According to the Post, at least 45 individuals have responded to subway ads to become friars through a Midtown-based Franciscan community, the Holy Name Province.
From the article:
“I thought it was speaking to me,” said George Camacho,... READ MORE
Filed under economy
Overseas Abortions Opposed
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:13 PM
An editorial cartoon from the Christian Defense Coalition.
A new Gallup poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose President Obama’s Jan. 23 executive order reinstating taxpayer funding for oversea’s abortions.
According to Gallup, “Obama’s decision to reverse the prohibition on funding for overseas family-planning providers may be the least popular thing he has done so far. This was an executive order that forbade federal government money from... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, economy, obama
‘Logic of the Market’
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:14 PM
Another great Register piece that got swallowed by the election was our symposium on the moral dimensions of the economic crisis. The whole thing is worth reading. But I wanted to point out Mark and Louise Zwick’s contribution.
It is a shame that adolescent-hearted men and women yoked liberal Catholicism to theological and moral dissent. Apart from sins of commission, those who did so will have... READ MORE
Filed under dissent, economy, wall street, weekend commentary
Bailout Bill Stalls
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, September 29, 2008 4:48 PM
(KRT Illustrations)
Only hours after President Bush hailed a bipartisan agreement, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a bill providing up to $700 billion to the battered U.S. financial system.
Speaking at the White House this morning, President George W. Bush called the bailout bill “an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extraordinary problem,” CNN reported.
Bush’s initial bailout proposal last... READ MORE
Filed under congress, economy, george bush, wall street crisis
Share the Blame
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:46 PM
Protester demonstrates Sept. 23 outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (Richard B. Levine)
As President Bush prepared to speak to the nation today about the financial crisis, Americans wondered who is morally responsible for the market mess.
We all are, according to Creighton University theology professor R.R. Reno, features editor of First Things magazine.
Filed under economy, wall street crisis
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