The Supreme Court has decided today to review the legality of lethal injection as a means for executing persons. Read more
The Supreme Court has decided today to review the legality of lethal injection as a means for executing persons. Read more
Way to go Catholic World News. 11 days after insinuating that the USCCB hired a pro-choicer to be its director of domestic social development, you have finally gotten around to amending the original story offering Ms. Saile’s explanation of the event. We here at Vox Nova had the corrected version of events last week already, and we weren’t the ones who ever so slyly made the insinuation that she was pro-choice. Some “news” organizations would go to the trouble of stating... Read more
No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” (Lk 16:13) …echoes from last Sunday’s Gospel. What a beautiful selection of readings we had this past Sunday. The message of the Prophet Amos is hardly anachronistic: “Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land!” (Am 8:4) How many different interpretations have we... Read more
My girlfriend asked me to post this to spread the word. She and her sister are trying to get more people out for their local Hike for Life. Here is what she said: So last year my lil sis and I did the walk for life and were shocked to see the turn out- maybe 25 people, and as far as I could tell there were maybe 5 individuals under the age of 45 there, including sis and I. So... Read more
The Economist has a nice piece on torture and international law. It’s well worth reading, though it would be benefit from a clearer appreciation of the underlying moral issues. The essay discusses a BBC survey of 27,000 people in 25 countries about the legitimacy of torture. The people were asked if torture was always impermissible, or if it depended on circumstances such as “ticking bomb scenarios”. The results? Israel and Iraq are the most consequentialist countries, though China, Russia, and the US... Read more
Yesterday’s readings sent a resounding message to those of us Christians who live in prosperous times and in comfortable locales: Our neglect of the poor and debtors will not be forgotten by God. In his address before the Angelus yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI made numerous references to wealth and to capitalism in light of the first reading from Amos and the Gospel reading about the dishonest steward. Benedict XVI, who has been critical of free market economics both in his... Read more
The United Auto Workers union have exercised their right to strike (a right in full accord with Catholic social teaching) and have begun industrial action against General Motors (GM). I wish them the best. One key point of contention is the spiralling health care costs facing the automobile manufacturer. It claims it simply cannot compete with producers who do not bear responsibility for health care costs. This is a valid point. In nearly all advanced countries, health care is regarded as a... Read more
The official biographer of John Paul, George Weigel, gave a talk on Friday and I wish I had taken notes. But these are the points that stuck with me: – John Paul insisted that the Catholic faith has a Marian function, and that the Church began with her yes to the Lord. Just as the Church has a Pauline function (evangelization), a Johnine function (discipleship), and a Peterine function (authority), so too do we see the foundation of service and... Read more
I am — I admit it! — a huge fan of the CBS “reality” show, Survivor. (That said, it is the only “reality” show — other than “Top Chef” — that I can stand.) The new season opened this past Thursday. I was predisposed to be grumpy about the opening episode, because I so regret the show’s decision to put this season’s players in China. (The decision strikes me as another example of “hey, let’s celebrate how great China is,... Read more
How many liturgical abuses can you find in the following picture: (more…) Read more
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