The National Review Online: Rick Santorum got into trouble a few months ago for making some pointed criticisms of euthanasia in the Netherlands. As I pointed out at the time, his details were somewhat off, but the substance of his critique was spot on. … Continue reading
The Baltimore Sun: Raven center Matt Birk is expected to film a video this week opposing Maryland’s new same-sex marriage law, making him the second player on the team to take a public stand on the referendum. Read more here.
SMPMagazine: Imagine society’s collective shock if Hillary Clinton were to join the National Rifle Association, if members of the Westboro Baptist Church were discovered frolicking at a gay bar or if Quentin Tarantino were to announce plans to make a … Continue reading
(WND) The Southern Poverty Law Center — which has labeled WND and other conservative organizations “hate groups” — is spending massive amounts of money to promote hate-crime propaganda rather than funding its purported mission. The SPLC bills itself as a … Continue reading
I know we get many last-minute registrations, so our current list of registrants at this point is by no means complete. If you’re thinking of coming to the 2012 Saint Benedict Center Conference, please consider that the conference will be … Continue reading
(RT) Radical Jewish settlers vandalized a Christian church outside of Jerusalem, spray-painting “Jesus is a b______” and “price tag” on its outer door. Such attacks have been on the rise despite police promises to curb hate crimes in the Holy … Continue reading
Pope Benedict journeyed to Lebanon the other week. In what has been for me the outstanding pontificate of my lifetime as a Catholic (I was received into the Church in 1965), it was one of his finest hours yet. If … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: Fifty-four pro-life advocates were arrested at the White House for praying and holding pro-life signs protesting President Obama’s pro-abortion HHS mandate. Read more here.
Examining the theme of loss and the isolation of the human soul through the thinking of Chesterton, Belloc, and Baring, this paper considers some of the theological, moral, and psychological matters — both the causes and the effects — while … Continue reading
New Advent: Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler Paolo Gabriele testified at his Vatican trial Tuesday that he was innocent of a charge of theft but guilty of abusing the trust of a pope whom he loved like a father. More … Continue reading
Catholic Online: According to a British-based Syrian monitoring group, at least 30,000 people have died in Syria’s 18-month-old uprising. Even more horrific is the fact that more than half of the victims counted were killed in the past five months. More … Continue reading
Catholic Online: Researchers at Georgetown University are announcing a significant advancement in cancer treatment. For the first time ever, they have successfully grown cancer cells in a lab dish, allowing them to cheaply experiment with different anti-cancer drugs and develop individualized … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: A federal judge in Missouri has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a St. Louis businessman who argued that the mandated coverage of contraceptives in the new federal health-care program violates his religious freedom. More on this here.
Time/World: For Iranians these days, life under economic sanctions is a crescendo of hardships. With the Iranian currency at an all-time low against the dollar, shortages of essential medicines and quadrupling prices of basic goods like shampoo and bread, a … Continue reading
News Telegram.com: Less than a year after Anna Maria College invited and then uninvited Victoria Reggie Kennedy to be its commencement speaker, Mrs. Kennedy will speak at the college as part of its fall symposium, “Faith and the Public Square: … Continue reading
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