Archives

Contraception and the Fight Against the HHS Ruling

by Peter J. Colosi February 7, 2012

In the January 25, 2012 First Things A Time for Catholic Action and Catholic Voices, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles argues against the recent HHS mandate that every U.S. employer must provide health insurance coverage for birth control,…

Read the full article →

Rome Gathers Scholars to Discuss “Jesus, Our Contemporary”

by Sandro Magister February 7, 2012

ROME, February 6, 2012 – On the eve of the next consistory, Benedict VXI will gather around himself the entire college of cardinals, including the newly elect, for a day “of reflection and prayer.”
The encounter will be held on…

Read the full article →

Kicking the Abortion Bomb Back into the Plane

by editor February 3, 2012

The equivalent of the attack on Pearl Harbor has occurred in the midst of faith-based institutions throughout the land. The bomb dropped, in this case, is the decision to compel faith-based institutions to provide artificial contraception, sterilization procedures, and abortifacient…

Read the full article →

Vatican Watch–Cardinal Bertone’s Overreach

by Sandro Magister February 3, 2012

ROME, February 2, 2012 – There are no marches of the “99 percent” at the Vatican; the battles are conducted by firing off letters. On Saturday, January 28, the council of ministers of the Roman curia, in the presence of…

Read the full article →

Lucky Life–Poetry in Motion

by Jeffrey Overstreet February 3, 2012

I’ve been waiting for a chance to share this movie for two years.
In Lucky Life, the new film by Lee Isaac Chung, three friends—a writer named Mark, his wife Karen, and their friend Alex—drive to join their friend Jason…

Read the full article →

Goodbye, Bad Hymns

by Dan Lord February 3, 2012

The music you hear in a family’s household says a great deal about that family. For instance, if all they ever play is the shallow, repetitive stuff that gets churned out of the modern pop music machine then they deprive…

Read the full article →

The People of the Ark

by Stephen Beale February 3, 2012

As a dark curtain of rain drew near, my tour group made its descent down the hill, leaving the Ethiopian town of Lalibela behind us. In the distance, rows of lush green plateaus stretched out under the thunderclouds before plummeting…

Read the full article →

Archbishop Calls Obama’s Ruling “Alarming”

by Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr February 2, 2012

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I write to you concerning an alarming and serious matter that negatively impacts the Church in the United States directly, and that strikes at the fundamental right to religious liberty for all citizens of…

Read the full article →

The New Evangelization: Genuine Hope and Change

by Justin Aquila February 2, 2012

Since the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the Church around the world has spent five decades enduring vast changes, from liturgical reform to liturgical renewal, declining priestly and religious vocations, major political and social fluctuations, and demographic shifts from…

Read the full article →

Marcelo Rossi: The Singing Priest Who’s Setting Brazil On Fire

by Andrea Galli February 2, 2012

SÃO PAULO – It still needs a few finishing touches, but the 42-meter cross has already arrived, the stage with the altar and the image of Mary above it has been set up. And the people are arriving in dribs…

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →