A $2 million study of the priest child abuse scandal, paid for in part by the Roman Catholic Church, takes the politically-correct position that homosexuality had nothing to do with it. Louie Verrecchio, himself a Catholic, disagrees, based on the report’s own data: On May
The movie that took the top prize at Cannes is entitled The Tree of Life. Most critics laud the beauty of its scenes from nature but were puzzled by it all. But Rev. Robert Barron, priest and theology professor at the University of St. Mary of
On Sunday, Pastor Douthwaite at our church gave one of the best comments on the Harold Camping fiasco. From his sermon on John 14: Thomas and Philip didn’t quite understand all that Jesus was saying. They ask questions. Their knowledge isn’t quite right or complete.
Anthony Sacramone reflects on the Harold Camping non-rapture phenomenon, including some warnings about how Christians often get caught up in a cult of personality: You might be saying to yourself, “Sure, a buncha fundy, dispensationalist cranks with clever marketing skills. Tough luck on their ignorant,
Thanks to Joe Carter for posting this commencement address (which he never gave) by the late media scholar Neil Postman. Read the whole thing, but here are some excerpts that set forth the basic paradigm: I want to tell you about two groups of people
Harold Camping is taking nothing back, even though his prediction of the Rapture happening on May 21 fell flat. Rather, as some of you commenters predicted, he is simply reinterpreting his prediction and holding strong to his other one, that the world will come to
Not to be outdone by Harold Camping, some Muslims are predicting the onset of the End Times to occur on June 5. Iran’s political establishment is being torn by a controversy over the return of the messiah-like Mahdi. Some Shi’ites have set a
We’ve talked about different kinds of conservatives. Let’s talk about different kinds of Democrats. Michael Gerson says the current gridlock in Congress–especially when it comes to budgets and fiscal policy–is due not to Republicans (who are remarkably unified, he notes, despite fears about the Tea
The Washington Examiner has a series in which they interview people about their faith. (They did that to me once, which I blogged about.) Journalist Mollie Hemingway didn’t mince any words. Read the whole interview. Here is an excerpt in which Mollie explains vocation: It
Bob Dylan turns 70 today. I’ve been listening to his tunes lately, and they are as good as ever, if not better. So, my fellow Baby Boomers, now that Dylan is 70, will you now admit that you aren’t young any more? Notice I
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