Authority is a Fearsome Gift – UPDATED
There may be something to Lisa Mladinich’s view that as a nation we have become so suspect of authority that we have lost sight of our responsibility to wield authority (or perhaps, “holy authority”)...
View ArticleA Golden Voice with a Word in Season
Every time I talk to Pat Gohn speak, I find myself marveling at the resonance of her lovely alto. She has one of those voices that belongs behind a microphone or a podium, and that — coupled with her...
View ArticleThe Beatitudes & Sargent Shriver
Deacon Greg Kandra has had a very impressive career; as a writer and producer with CBS News, he won Peabody Awards and Emmy Awards, and Writer’s Guild Awards – and then he went to the Diocese of...
View ArticleThe Yin and Yang of Catholic Young
It is fascinating to ponder the Taoist idea of Yin and Yang – the notion of an eternal cycle that grows to a fullness that must then transition to something else. I wrote about it once, in a manner of...
View ArticleWYD, Madrid 2011 Awesome Sauce!
HOLY SMOKES! Via Deacon Greg Chills! Chills to hear that baritone voice again, and to see these youthful crowds. Chills to realize that Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have drawn millions of young...
View ArticleWomen's History: Drexel, Connelly, Addiss?
March is Women’s History Month, and a good time to introduce you to the sorts of formidable women who made (or are making) enormous differences to the lives of many, but who frequently go unmentioned...
View ArticleMusing on Masturbation
Every once in a while, I’ll get a sneering or giggling, always condescending email from someone who has stumbled upon this old piece about artificial birth control, oral sex, and other things and feels...
View ArticleReasoning Through a Bone-Deep Faith
My column at First Things this week is a slightly enlarged response to a question I received in an email, from a young man who wrote: “I know the Church puts a high premium on docility, humility and...
View ArticleA “Year of Faith”, Whatzat?
Am I the only one who sees Don Bosco’s dream represented in that logo? I have a deep feeling of excitement about the upcoming “Year of Faith” which Pope Benedict has declared for 2012-2013, and which...
View ArticleObama says Church Consciences will Be Respected? – UPDATE
That would be surprising! Refreshing, too! Says Obama, today: On an issue as sensitive as [gay marriagte], knowing that Americans hold a wide range of views based on deeply held beliefs, maintaining...
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