Santorum the Annointed One

Last updated on: March 21, 2012 at 9:53 am By Morning's Minion

Daniel Nichols of Caelum et Terra has written a wonderful piece that takes on the cult of Santorum and the cultural blind spots of the Catholic right. By the way, this is what an authentic conservative voice sounds like, unlike the uber-liberals over at American Catholic. This is good stuff, let me quote: “I saw the nascent Catholic counterculture transmute into a subculture: adjusting a little here and there, it more or less adopted the bourgeois American model of life…they fancy themselves... Read more

A Study Of “On The Character of Men And the Virtuous Life”: Part XLVII

Last updated on: March 21, 2012 at 8:45 am By Henry Karlson

Introduction and Part II “Desire that has its origin in the mind is the source of dark passions. And when the soul is engrossed in such desires, she forgets her own nature, that she is a breath of God; and so she is carried away into sin, in her folly not considering the evils that she will suffer after death.”[1] “Godlessness and love of praise are the worst and most incurable diseases of the soul and lead to her destruction.”[2]... Read more

Santorum and Opus Dei

Last updated on: March 20, 2012 at 9:19 am By Morning's Minion

I get annoyed by silly media talk of Santorum’s connections to Opus Dei, everybody’s favorite dark and sinister Catholic cloak-and-dagger society. The underlying assumption is that Santorum is a deeply orthodox Catholic, with a whiff of old-school authoritarianism about him. But this is nonsense. Opus Dei is a traditionalist Catholic group, heavily influenced by Spanish spirituality. It’s not my cup of tea, but it puts strong emphasis on fidelity to Church teachings, and I assume that means all Church teachings. Santorum, on the other... Read more

The Fatherhood of St Joseph the Betrothed

Last updated on: March 19, 2012 at 12:12 pm By Henry Karlson

In The Golden Legend by Bl. Jacobus de Voragine, the traditional approach to St. Joseph’s betrothal to the Theotokos is presented: he was an elderly man from the line of David who was chosen to be the Virgin Mary’s guardian. According to the text, the high priest of the Temple was told he would be given a sign to know who he should accept as Mary’s betrothed: each eligible was to bring a branch with them, place it on the... Read more

Nova’s Ordo: Fourth Sunday of Lent

Last updated on: March 17, 2012 at 11:41 pm By Mark Gordon

Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might... Read more

Eternal Memory: Pope Shenouda III

Last updated on: March 17, 2012 at 4:21 pm By Henry Karlson

August 3, 1923 – March 17, 2012 Elevated to Bishop: September 30, 1962 Enthroned as Pope: November 14, 1971 After forty years as being the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, successor of St Mark the Apostle, has died. He has been a diligent pastor of the Coptic Orthodox Church, writing several popular books on important themes such as Soteriology, Christology, Biblical Interpretation, Prayer, and Discipleship. Read more here. Eternal memory, eternal memory, blessed repose and eternal... Read more

Race, Abortion and the Military: A Tragic Parallel

Last updated on: March 16, 2012 at 8:18 pm By Julia Smucker

As explosive a combination of topics as this appears to be, I am aiming here to address a problem on the systemic level in a way that can hopefully cut through the usual polemics. The particular problem I am referring to is the disproportionate representation of racial minorities in both abortion rates and military recruitment in the United States. I am using this as both a concrete example of how life issues (in a broad, Catholic Social Teaching sense of the term)... Read more

Brett Interviews Father James Alison: Part II

Last updated on: May 3, 2017 at 7:02 pm By Brett Salkeld

I am pleased to present the second part of my interview with Father James Alison here on Vox Nova. If inquiring minds are wondering, there will be four parts. (Part I is available here.) Part I was a kind of introduction to James Alison as a person and a theologian. Here, in Part II, we begin our discussion of questions relating to homosexuality and the Catholic Church. It may be worth noting, for readers who have not seen Part I,... Read more

Why India? The Good To Be Had For Christians In The Engagement Of Indian Spirituality

Last updated on: March 16, 2012 at 8:57 am By Henry Karlson

Early Christian writers were able to see the work of providence in the gentile nations. While pagans were outside of the covenant of God with Israel, this did not mean they were outside of God’s providence. For Christ to be the expectation of the nations, God had to prepare them for the Gospel. Thus, there was considerable interest in seeing how this preparation was done, with Eusebius’s Preparation for the Gospel being one of the most profound representations of this... Read more