Daniel Siedell, in the course of discussing the Russian film The Passion of Andrei Rublev (1966), about an icon maker who returns to his craft when he helps a child, makes some important connections between Lent and Vocation. (Notice too how Luther’s doctrine of vocation–with
The military has instituted a new medal, the Distinguished Warfare Medal, to honor great deeds performed by those who operate drones and other high-tech military systems operated from afar (such as, presumably, cyberwarfare). The problem is that in the hierarchy of medals, the Distinguished Warfare
The newly-elected Pope Francis is, of course, the pope being Catholic, pro-life. To the point of having a good answer for those who believe in abortion in the case of rape–he calls that the death penalty for the unborn (practiced in countries that won’t give
A new pope has been elected: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He is the first non-European elected to that office in over 1000 years. He will be the 266th person to hold that office. He is taking the name of
Most legislative bodies in this country begin with a prayer, whether by an official chaplain as in the United States Congress or by visiting clergy, who are allowed to pray according to their traditions. But in Maryland, the House of Representatives has the politicians themselves
They aren’t a youth group, but what the cardinals meeting to elect a new pope are having is a lock-in. So explains the BBC, with other little-known facts about what is going on in the Sistine Chapel: 1. It’s a lock-in. Conclave comes from the
G. K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries, about a mild-mannered priest who solves crimes because he understands man’s sinful nature, is being televised on BBC. It’s been so popular that it has been renewed for a second season. Unfortunately, the series isn’t being shown here, not
Last week we were on Spring Break, visiting our daughter, son-in-law, and three grand-daughters in Oklahoma. Here we were privileged to witness one of their family milestones: getting their first dog. A bouncing, excited, affectionate Labrador retriever. It made me recall that Luther was a
Schools are doing their part against guns by punishing children for playing. George Will recounts some of the latest absurdities, while also making a larger point: The government, through our schools, but also in other venues, is becoming our therapist. Joshua Welch — a boy,
Ezra Klein tells about young conservative think-tanker Derek Khanna, who wrote at his bosses’ behest a paper criticizing the heavy-handed use of copyright law to inhibit competition. Conservatives praised the paper, but then pushback from corporate funders caused the think tank to pull the paper
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