Holy Hoops

Last updated on: October 16, 2007 at 1:32 pm By rgarnett

It’s almost time, friends. No, I’m not talking about Fall Break, the feast of St. Margaret of Scotland, or (shudder) the first presidential primaries. I’m talking about college basketball. A good time, then, for this review, “Holy Hoops”, by Jason Byassee, of Will Blythe’s (misguided, of course) To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry (HarperCollins, 2006). Here’s the opening of the review: The air... Read more

Quote of the Week

Last updated on: October 16, 2007 at 10:38 am By Henry Karlson

In this situation, what can we do and what ought we to do? Let us begin by noting some basic truths. It is impossible to overcome terrorism, illegal violence detached from morality, by force alone. It is indeed true that the defense of the rule of law against those who seek to destroy it must sometimes employ violence. This element of force must be precisely calculated, and its goal must always be the protection of the law. An absolute pacifism... Read more

Appalachian pastorals re-released

Last updated on: October 16, 2007 at 3:36 am By Iafrate Michael

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From a recent piece by Fr. John Rausch published in the Glenmary Challenge: In the fall when leaves from oak and maple scream vivid colors of yellow and red and the understory of the forest blends its scarlets and browns, the Catholic Committee of Appalachia (CCA) sponsors a tour called the Pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Appalachia. The tour leads participants through the coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains, perhaps the oldest mountain range on earth. These mountains reforested North... Read more

I am unequivocally anti-abortion

Last updated on: October 15, 2007 at 10:50 pm By Policraticus

We’ve been receiving a lot of visitors from the popular blog Feministe thanks to one of its avid readers, Karen (AKA Kitty). In response to a story on the death of a significant number of women in Nicaragua after their attempt to procure illegal abortions, Karen sounded a clarion: May I make a radical suggestion? Why don’t we all link this article to comments on anti-choice websites? Make those evil people confront the consequences of their position, then check their... Read more

Recommended Book: Abortion, the Development of the Roman Catholic Perspective

Last updated on: October 15, 2007 at 9:41 pm By voxnovablog

I bought a book by John Connery, SJ titled Abortion, the Development of the Roman Catholic Perspective, which I have found extremely helpful and an excellent resources for later reference. This book was written in 1977 a few years after Roe v. Wade. With this historical survey, Connery wanted to show how the position of the Church on abortion was not adopted from one day to another but that rather it has its foundations since pre-Christian times in the Jewish... Read more

The Principle of the Antichrist in Balthasar’s Theo-Drama

Last updated on: October 15, 2007 at 7:08 pm By Henry Karlson

If the Good, the Truth, and the Beautiful are One through self-sacrificial love, then an explicit rejection of one is an implicit rejection of all. Of course, this implicit connection is most often not understood by the one who says No to one. Indeed, this implicit No to all of them is hardly apparent to most Christians. But if that No is lived out to its final conclusion, the explicit No to one will become an explicit No to all.... Read more

Is a Truce Possible on the Abortion Issue?

Last updated on: October 15, 2007 at 4:36 pm By Morning's Minion

Even though we are all Catholics on this blog, and accept the Church’s position on abortion, it is still the topic that exposes the greatest divisions among us. What is true in this tiny, rather insignificant blog, is also true in the global Catholic world. Now, I notice that Vox Nova is singled out as an “anti-choice site”: M.Z. has a post on that particular issue. I would like to made a different point, a broader point. Is dialogue possible between... Read more

Nicaragua Since Abortion Ban

Last updated on: October 15, 2007 at 2:11 pm By M.Z.

The Guardian of the U.K. recently published an article claiming 82 deaths from botched abortions since Nicaragua completely banned abortion. Vox Nova was linked at another web site that is supportive of abortion rights on this issue. As a general reminder, I should note that Vox Nova does not have corporate positions. The views expressed on Vox Nova simply reflect the views of the authors of the individual pieces. I think I am safe however in asserting that none of us are... Read more

Ford, Reagan – Sponsors of State Terrorism

Last updated on: October 14, 2007 at 6:09 pm By Policraticus

At the request of one reader, I am providing some online material with information on U.S. presidents Gerald Ford’s and Ronald Reagan’s records of sponsoring state terrorism in Latin America. (more…) Read more

Illegal Humans

Last updated on: April 19, 2017 at 9:56 pm By Radical Catholic Mom

I have been a pro-life activist since I was a kid. Most pro-aborts assume my family got me involved but that is not the case. I got MY family involved. I was so horrified to see broken baby bodies and even more horrified when I discovered people justified those broken baby bodies. My pro-life convictions do not stop with babies. I believe my pro-life convictions began with my education in history. As I have mentioned, my father has an outstanding... Read more