Playing the venereal game
A book subtitled The Venereal Game is not normally one to be recommended in a family newspaper. Bear with me, however. The book’s title, An Exaltation of Larks, should tell you that I’m not citing an X-rated volume […]
Indigenous groups in Brazil stage month-long protests for land rights, justice
In April, Indigenous people from across Brazil, supported by Church leaders, protested for land rights and to counter the ongoing violation of their rights.
Times columnist examines ‘why conservative and liberal Catholics can’t escape one another’ (New York Times)
Writing in The New York Times, columnist Ross Douthat argues one of the lessons of the current pontificate is that “the liberal tendency in Catholicism can be resilient even if it isn’t a major source of dynamism and growth.” Douthat cites those who observe that there has been “no big return of lapsed or disaffected […]
Fight anti-Semitism and defend Palestinian rights, convert priest urges (L’Osservatore Romano (Italian))
In “Anti-Semitism and Palestine,” a lengthy essay in the Vatican newspaper, Father David Neuhaus, SJ traced the history of anti-Semitism and argued that anti-Semitism has been a “catastrophe for Palestinians.” The priest, a convert from Judaism and former vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, argued that anti-Semitism helped contribute to the […]
South Korean dioceses seek to counter low birth rate (Fides)
Dioceses in South Korea, the nation with the world’s lowest fertility rate (0.72), have undertaken various initiatives to encourage births. These initiatives include Masses for life, financial benefits for families that have children, and subsidies for education.
Pope Francis, at general audience, reflects on virtue of hope (CWN)
At his May 8 general audience, held in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis reflected on the theological virtue of hope, in the latest talk in a series of Wednesday general audiences devoted to the virtues and vices.
Anti-semitism and Palestine
David Neuhaus, S.J., Professor of Scripture in Israel and Palestine, is a long-term member of the Holy Land Catholic Church’s Justice and Peace Commission. In this article, he reflects on the catastrophe of anti-Semitism for Jews and Palestinians and on current definitions of anti-Semitism that, he says, delegitimize the struggle for justice and peace in […]
Dallas church with link to Planned Parenthood launches pro-abortion ‘pregnancy center’
Traditional pregnancy resource centers are an indispensable lifeline in helping women who feel like they are without hope or are pressured into abortion by people in their lives, or even by their circumstances.Read More
Maxime Bernier calls out Conservative Party for its silence on ‘far left’ pushing LGBT agenda in Canada
The People’s Party of Canada leader contends that too many Conservatives are afraid to address issues such as gender ideology.Read More
The Guerrilla Warfare of Journaling
I began a daily journal on March 15, 2020, when everything solid turned liquid. I had just written a letter to Bishop Burns of Dallas, begging him, for pity’s sake, not to close the churches like Boston and Newark had done. I naïvely hoped such foolishness would never take hold in Texas. So, my journal […]