Karl Rove: Social Conservative

Last updated on: August 14, 2007 at 4:04 pm By alexham

With all of the Karl Rove bashing going on in the blogosphere, I thought Vox Nova readers would find the following behind-the-scenes description of Rove’s public-policy agenda interesting: In internal disputes on what was generally called in the White House the “culture of life” agenda (which means more than abortion, but the broader set of family and cultural issues), Rove was again and again the voice of the conservative option, with very few exceptions. And my impression, at least, was... Read more

Quote of the Week

Last updated on: August 14, 2007 at 9:55 am By Henry Karlson

Therefore, the death of the Theotokos was also life-bearing, translating her into a celestial and immortal life and its commemoration is a joyful event and festivity for the entire world. It not merely renews the memory of the wondrous deeds of the Mother of God, but also adds thereto the strange gathering at her all-sacred burial of all the sacred apostles conveyed from every nation, the God-revealing hymns of these God-possessed ones, and the solicitous presence of the angels, and... Read more

On Inter-Religious Dialogue IV-2: What It Is Not

Last updated on: August 13, 2007 at 3:30 pm By Henry Karlson

There is considerable confusion by Christians (and non-Christians) as to what inter-religious dialogue is and what it is not. From this misunderstanding, many people are hostile to it. When one goes through the criticisms launched against it, the ones who are hostile towards it rarely have explored how inter-religious dialogue is conducted, what its goals are, and more specifically, what inter-religious dialogue avoids. Their presentations of it are contrary to what inter-religious dialogue actually tries to achieve. Inter-religious dialogue desires... Read more

Romney on Abortion, The Mormon’s on Abortion, and Anything Else That Happens to Come Up Due to the Lack of an Unbiased vox-Editor

Last updated on: August 11, 2007 at 3:58 am By voxnovablog

Hat tip to Jimmy Akin (http://jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2007/08/mitt-romney-on-.html) for posting a recent radio interview between a prominent Des Moines, Iowa radio talk show host and former Governor Mitt Romney (MA), presently leading many polls for the Republican representation in the 2008 Presidential Election, on his web blog (http://www.jimmyakin.typepad.com/, August 6, 2007). The interview, running almost 20 minutes, includes some very revealing conversation concerning abortion and (implicitly) the manner in which a “man of faith” approaches “public service”, i.e. as the hypothetical President... Read more

Latin America Refuses to “Choose”

Last updated on: August 11, 2007 at 1:13 am By Radical Catholic Mom

Time Magazine’s latest article titled “Abortion Under Siege in Latin America” decries the author’s and secular feminists’ sense of betrayal in the latest socialist and leftist regimes in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Chile that not only have refused to liberalize the abortion laws, but in some cases have made the laws stricter. Those interviewed credit the deep cultural revulsion towards abortion that is fostered by Latin America’s Catholic influence and traditional machismo. Despite awareness of such horror stories, says Julieta Ojeda... Read more

So long, TCR News

Last updated on: August 10, 2007 at 11:29 pm By Iafrate Michael

Sad to see this week that Stephen Hand has made the decision to stop publishing his long-running Traditional Catholic Reflections and Reports site and its accompanying blog. I can’t say I agreed with everything Stephen wrote there, but I know we were definitely in the same ballpark, sharing a devotion to Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement, and our hearts were similarly moved to passionately denounce the culture of death’s increasing devotion to modern warfare. Stephen was, and remains,... Read more

“Giuliani selective on questions of religion”

Last updated on: August 10, 2007 at 5:32 pm By alexham

The AP has an interesting article out today on proabortion GOP presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani. Here’s a taste: Rudy Giuliani evokes his Catholic upbringing as he campaigns for president, yet he refuses to say whether he is a practicing Catholic. When a voter asked this week if he is a “traditional, practicing Roman Catholic,” Giuliani insisted his faith should be private. “My religious affiliation, my religious practices and the degree to which I am agood or not-so-good Catholic, I prefer... Read more

The Feast of Saint Laurence

Last updated on: August 10, 2007 at 3:01 pm By Henry Karlson

Today, both the East and the West remember the deeds of St Laurence (Lawrence) of Rome (c 225 – 258). St Laurence, deacon, is remembered not only for his famous martyrdom under Valerian, but also for the works of charity he deed for the poor of Rome. Even under threat of martyrdom, the leaders of the Church took all of their work, including the social teachings of Christ, seriously. St Laurence is a reminder to us all that our duty... Read more