Gun control is about the defense of life.
Politics & Society
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
The silent boy of Carradeux
Today on a hillside overlooking Port-au-Prince I met the boy who has no name Scratch that I rsquo m sure he has a name I just was unable to find it out He began following me soon after I arrived at a camp in the city rsquo s village of Carradeux a place where hundreds of families have lived si
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
On this day in 1941: America magazine’s editors on the Pearl Harbor attack
This is not the day of exultation. It is the day of tragedy.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Parsing the Presidential Debate
We are pleased to have this analysis of the first presidential debate from Robert David Sullivan.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Will The Girl Scouts’ Cookies Crumble?
When someone first asked me whether I heard that the American bishops were investigating the Girl Scouts, I thought he was pulling my leg.
Posted inPolitics & Society
A Balancing Act: Catholic teaching on the church’s rights and the rights of all
Catholic teaching on the church’s rightsand the rights of all
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
John Paul II Beatification Highlights His Courage and Faith
“John Paul II is blessed because of his faith—a strong, generous and apostolic faith,” Pope Benedict said May 1 just minutes after formally beatifying his predecessor.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, and an ideology never challenged
Michael Gerson has written a much-needed conservative Christian take-down of Ayn Rand up in his column for the Washington post nbsp Ayn Rand rsquo s adult-onset adolescence It rsquo s an appropriate topic during Holy Week nbsp Gerson outlines the conflict between Christianity and Rand rsquo s
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Wills, Kate and René Girard
One of the amusing effects of this week’s announcement that Britain’s Prince William is going to marry his long-time girlfriend, Kate Middleton, is that every copy of the blue dress that Kate was wearing at their photo-op has disappeared. The shops here in London say that they sold out of the dresses within 24 hours […]
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
The Baptist Reformer
Perhaps more than other Christians who seem more open to floating freely among various denominations for worship and identity Catholics tend to view some other churches as monolithic institutions with clear doctrine and discipline guiding all members along a straight and narrow path But the cove