More on Catholic hiring at Catholic universities

Last updated on: October 18, 2007 at 1:34 pm By rgarnett

A few weeks ago, my Notre Dame colleague, Fr. Bill Miscamble, had a piece in America magazine, in which he discussed the importance to Catholic universities — at least, to those that aspire to be Catholic — of hiring and retaining Catholic faculty. The piece was widely discussed in the blogosphere (and, I’m sure, in faculty lounges and bars where alumni hang out). In response, another friend and colleague, Prof. John McGreevy, responded in Commonweal, and contended that Fr. Miscamble... Read more

Bowling With Others

Last updated on: October 17, 2007 at 7:27 pm By jonathanjonesuiwdpt

Let us assume that morality arises in part from sympathy among like-minded persons: first the family, then friends and colleagues. Rights grow from convictions about how we ought to manage relations with people not like us, convictions that are nourished by education, religion, and experience. As such, assimilation to cultural, societal, and political norms are desirable for the continued health of a community. James Q. Wilson has an illuminating piece about Robert Putnam’s study of community, which was just recently... Read more

S-CHIP: Overcoming the Myths

Last updated on: October 17, 2007 at 6:24 pm By Morning's Minion

I think it’s time to debunk some of the more pervasive myths about the current S-CHIP bill, namely that it provides health care to children who do not need it, that it simply replaces private with public insurance, that it goes to adults, that it authorizes an expansion in the program to families making over $83,000, and that the Bush administration supports keeping the current S-CHIP program in place. The proposed bipartisan bill costs $35 billion, small change in the... Read more

Do You Struggle to Tithe?

Last updated on: October 17, 2007 at 3:43 pm By Radical Catholic Mom

It is so tempting not to tithe when it is a tight match at the end of the month. If you are like me, you are many times tempted to forgo your monthly tithe. Now, when I say “tithe” I am not talking about non-monetary giving, which is also important. I am talking about America’s first love: Money. The following are a few thoughts I use on myself to make sure I do not cheat God out of what is... Read more

Congratulations, Archbishop DiNardo

Last updated on: October 17, 2007 at 1:48 pm By Policraticus

Katerina and I just found out that our own archbishop, Daniel DiNardo, was named a Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI. This is wonderful news for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, which was just raised to the status of Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope John Paul II in 2004. Archbishop DiNardo is the first cardinal to be named from a Texas diocese, so we are thrilled at this historic news. I have met and chatted with Archbishop DiNardo on a number of occasions. ... Read more

Pope Benedict XVI completes second encyclical on Christian hope

Last updated on: October 17, 2007 at 1:32 pm By voxnovablog

Good news! The tentative title of his new encyclical? Spe Salvi (“Saved by Hope”) However, this is not the social encyclical we had posted on before–that will be his third encyclical on which he is working right now. No release date has been set yet. From Catholic News Service: The working title comes from St. Paul’s letter to the Romans, in which he wrote: “For in hope we have been saved.” The encyclical is said to explore the Christian understanding... Read more

Reason No. 457,987 to never send your child to a government school

Last updated on: October 16, 2007 at 7:09 pm By alexham

Chalk up another “victory” for the Culture of Contraception. Read more

Abortion, Legality and Morality

Last updated on: October 16, 2007 at 7:00 pm By Morning's Minion

Yesterday, I wondered if there could be a truce between pro-life Catholics and pro-choice Catholics on the abortion issue, on the grounds that we share the common goal of minimizing the abortion rate, even though we have fundamentally different and irreconcilable approaches to the underlying moral question. In response, many criticized my post on the grounds that it was “selling out” and asked if I would countenance a similar truce on issues like torture or social justice. (more…) Read more

Archbishop Raymond Burke on Canon 915, and denying communion to proabortion pols

Last updated on: October 16, 2007 at 5:32 pm By alexham

Ed Peters has the details. Suffice it to say, I am with Archbishop Burke on this one. (Lv Jimmy Akin) Read more