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Art historian Elizabeth Lev, who lives in Rome, has a spirited column on Zenit (back to publishing after the August break) – she admits to being in "high dudgeon" of late, inspired first, by Madonna’s concert in Rome and the approving audience: Rome houses the memories of many women and men who were tortured and…

Israel’s ambassador to the Vatican speaks: Israel’s ambassador to the Vatican said the Lebanese conflict had no victor, but it served to focus world attention on the threat of global Islamic terrorism. At the same time, the aftermath of the fighting offers an opportunity for the West — and the Catholic Church — to support…

CT reviews two new books (one by Notre Dame’s Mark Noll) on Christians, morality and the Civil War. Historians have a formidable task when they try to explain why something happened. The task becomes even harder when they ask why something did not happen. Undaunted, Mark Noll and Harry Stout take this more difficult tack…

Over at The Corner, there has been an ongoing discussion of Heather McDonald’s piece in the American Conservative. McDonald is a contributing editor at City Journal and writes frequently about immigration issues. Her AC piece was on the plight of the atheist in the conservative movement: It is often said, in defense of religion, that…

Via the blogger Kansas City Catholic, a useful follow-the-money piece from the KC(Mo) diocesan paper on who’s funding the push for state funding of embryonic stem cell research in that state. The so-called "coalition" that is seeking a state constitutional amendment to protect human cloning and embryonic stem-cell research is being financed almost exclusively from…

Bishop Doran is the bishop of Rockford, IL. In his most recent column, he bulldozes American culture and society, and associates most of the problems with one political party. Many of the issues that confront us are serious, and we know by now that the political parties in our country are at loggerheads as to…

The priest who worked with Timothy McVeigh recounts his experience: When he ministered to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Divine Word Father Charles Smith found that his faith, instilled in him by loving parents despite the childhood pain of discrimination, enabled him to be Christ’s representative even as the inmate verbally assaulted him. "When I…

Our Lady of Guadalupe makes her mark: In the church since has been a replica of the Catholic icon, a life-size, iridescent picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe, her hands held in prayer, framed in a heavy gold material. But the massive symbol was presented Sunday at the cathedral for the coronation of Our Lady…

Two years ago, the chief financial officer of the Cleveland diocese resigned after suspicions of financial impropriety. He was then, oddly, immediately hired by the Columbus diocese. Who knows why. Anyway, yesterday, the fellow was indicted for his Cleveland efforts: From the Columbus paper: The finance director for the Columbus Roman Catholic Diocese was indicted…

A piece on a popular product, with an interesting Catholic-business-related tidbit. Soft Saints are not cheap – $98/apiece, but they are all handcrafted – the company’s originator employs mostly stay-at-home moms to do the doll construction. O’Toole’s decision to enter artisanship followed two years of caring for a cancer-stricken friend. When he died, she thought:…
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