Fordham Honors Breyer
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:31 PM
Stephen Breyer (red tie) at this month's Red Mass in Washington. (CNS)
Cardinal Edward Egan of New York believes it is a ‘mistake’ for Fordham University to honor pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
But Fordham is going ahead anyway.
Breyer is scheduled to receive the Fordham-Stein Ethics Prize at a dinner tomorrow night in New York. He was picked for the honor by the Fordham University School of Law’s Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics,... READ MORE
Filed under cardinal egan, education, fordham university, stephen breyer
Smartphones and Stupid Kids
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, October 27, 2008 5:00 PM
(CNSCartoons)
Here’s a fact: The current generation of American youth enjoys unprecedented technological access to the cultural legacy of humanity and to information in general.
And here’s a question: Given this unprecedented access to knowledge about important things, why are today’s kids so preoccupied with trivialities?
Emory professor Mark Bauerlein takes a stab at answering this question in his... READ MORE
Filed under education, internet
Where the Boys Are
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 02, 2008 6:58 PM
Prayer service at Chaminade High School.
New York-area boys are flocking to a Long Island Catholic school that adheres to strong discipline and Church teachings.
And Chaminade High School is unapologetically Catholic: All students must have a baptismal certificate to register.
The New York Times reported Sept. 26 that more than 1,600 boys last year applied for places in Chaminade’s 425-member freshman class.
The school was founded... READ MORE
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Pope Praises Catholic Schools
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, September 26, 2008 7:47 AM
Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, Va. (CNS)
Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday that Catholic schools are “an expression of the right of all citizens to freedom of education.”
Speaking Sept. 25 at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome to representatives of Catholic educational institutions, the Pope said the state should recognize the equal status of Catholic schools and public schools.
Doing so “will give parents... READ MORE
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No to Cervical Cancer Vaccine
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, September 25, 2008 1:20 PM
14-year-old girl gets HPV vaccine. (Phil. Inquirer)
A Catholic school in England has banned immunization of girls with a vaccine that inoculates against some forms of the virus that causes cervical cancer.
Supporters of vaccinations against human papilloma virus, or HPV, claim they are needed to ensure that girls who become sexually active do not acquire the virus.
But in a letter sent out to the parents of girls at St. Monica’s Catholic High... READ MORE
Filed under cancer, education, medicine, vaccines
Bible Lessons
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:20 PM
Teaching English and faith together in Pakistan. (UCAN)
Next month’s World Synod of Bishops on the Word of God in Rome has been convened to encourage Catholics to make better use of their Bibles.
Pakistani Catholic layman Christopher Paul has already taken that instruction to heart.
The Union of Catholic Asian News reported Sept. 22 about how Paul is using the Bible to teach English and deepen his students’ faith at the same time.
Since... READ MORE
Filed under education, pakistan, synod
God and Tony Blair at Yale
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, September 22, 2008 12:04 PM
Former British PM Tony Blair (AFP)
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered his inaugural lecture Sept. 19 as a visiting lecturer on religion at Yale University.
Blair converted to Catholicism in late 2007, only a few months after resigning as prime minister.
The Yale lecture was delivered to only a small number of students, but Blair also gave a more informal talk later in the day to a crowd of more than 2,000... READ MORE
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