Opus Dei is the Roman Catholic order that has become the bogey-man for paranoid secularists, leftist conspiracy theorists, and Da-Vinci-Code believers. And yet, for all of its alleged conservatism, it seems to be something unknown in medieval Catholicism; namely, an order for lay people. From
Catholic artist and educator David Clayton makes connections between science, aesthetics, classical education, and then, for good measure, liturgy: In excellent his book, Modern Physics and Ancient Faith, describing the consistency between the Faith and the discoveries of science, Stephen M Barr describes the scientific
The complicated Rube-Goldberg chain of unintended consequences with our new health care system may be starting: The new federal health-care law has raised the stakes for hospitals and schools already scrambling to train more doctors. Experts warn there won’t be enough doctors to treat the
Michael Gerson, in a column arguing that Cardinal Ratzinger who later became Pope Benedict actually was the one who (finally, eventually) cracked down on pedophile priests, tossed off an interesting category: It is the consistent temptation of faith leaders — Catholic, Protestant, Muslim or Hindu
David Mills, at the First Things blog, found a quote from Barry Goldwater arguing that being pro-abortion is actually being conservative: While searching the web for something, I came across the Planned Parenthood site and followed a link to a group of theirs called “Republicans
We have commercials. Then came product placement, in which commercials enter the storyline. Now we have advertisers working with writers to make the product an intrinsic part of the plot. From Harold Meyerson, <a href=”http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/06/AR2010040602662.html”>Moviemaking becomes commercial art</a>: <blockquote>As the cost of filmmaking continues to
Justice John Paul Stevens, 90 years old, has announced his retirement. He is probably the most liberal justice, to the point that whoever President Obama nominates will probably be more conservative than he is. Even if he or she is as liberal as he was,
From a sermon by Rev. William Gleason: Like many biblical stories, there are many pictures, icons and statues depicting Doubting Thomas; but the one I find most remarkable is the one painted by the 16th century artist Caravaggio. In it, Thomas is portrayed in a
April 7 was the 70th anniversary of the Katyn Forest massacre. Here is the story, in brief, a chilling example of Stalin’s tactics, knowing that he was about to take over Poland: In March 1940, Joseph Stalin signed an order for the mass execution of
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God’s alien work and His proper work
In our Sunday morning Bible class, we are studying Luther’s Commentary on Genesis. That work is an example of Luther at his best. His expositions of Scripture are stunning in their depth and insight. And here we find explanations of some of his key theological