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A review in the UK Telegraph of Jarislov Pelikan’s latest, Whose Bible is it? But to say that is unfair, because the final chapter, addressing the question that motivates the book as a whole – who does the Bible belong to? – steps outside the fair-minded historical survey into something much more akin to the…

Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex (who else??) is starting a series: Our society desperately needs to recover the recognition that human nature, as it is visible in the sexed body, defines our sexual identity and in part, constitutes us as persons. John Paul the Great understood that ideas have consequences and in no place is the danger of false…

This, via Dr. Albert Mohler, and account of a recent celebration in London, of the 30th anniversary of Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene. In attendance was Daniel Dennett, the author of the recent book, Breaking the Spell, shredded in the NYTimes by Leon Wieseltier. Dr. Mohler notes Dennett’s words: And I also thought, on rereading…

Charleston Diocese doesn’t take a stand on the immigration legislation: The Catholic Diocese of Charleston, which serves South Carolina, has not taken a stand on the immigration aid question, spokesman Steve Gajdosik said. The diocese is relying instead on the faithful to make their own, prudent judgments, he said. “It’s not a doctrinal issue,” said…

Various rumors on papal travels and outreach: To China? Russia?

The paper takes a look at the growth of Catholicism in the area: The school, with grades k-8, opened in August in a converted office park. The property’s purchase and operational expenses are financed independently by the fund-raising efforts of laypeople who wanted to make a Catholic school available to families in the northern part…

How not to get me to donate to your "classical" music station fund drive: Play a 15-minute symphonic medley of Andrew Lloyd Webber music and close by saying, "Now where else in Fort Wayne can you hear something like that?" There just aren’t enough punch lines in the day…

Who’s surprised by the Abdul Rahman case? Thus it was dizzying to hear of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s plea to Afghan President Hamid Kharzai that, as Fox News reported last week, “she hope[d] Afghanistan would uphold in its constitution in considering Rahman’s case.” The Orwellian approach was echoed by her spokesman, Sean McCormack, who…

To be awarded Laetare Medal: After The Dave Brubeck Quartet disbanded in 1967, Brubeck focused on writing many religious compositions. In an interview last year, Brubeck said his harrowing experiences as a soldier in World War II’s Battle of the Bulge convinced him to also write religious-themed music. “I saw and experienced so much violence…

…although that’s what the friend who sent it wrote as the header to her email. Clergy’s weight issues "have more to do with their sense of isolation because there has been a loss of status for clerical professions," she said. "They are in a job without a great deal of respect, the pay is low,…
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