December 22, 2008

A new instruction on bioethics from the Vatican

Nurturing new growth from life's soil

Fourth in a series for Advent and Christmas

A celibate spiritual leader who is not a priest, a philosopher with a doctoral degree who is not a professor, Vanier is not easily categorized.

Patrick Taylor's 'An Irish Country Christmas,' reviewed

Richard Swinburne is a British philosopher who has specialized in defending theism and Christian truth claims Appealing to common human experience biblical writings and the church rsquo s tradition Swinburne argues that it is more likely that God exists than that he does not more likely than not

For those who live in the Northern Hemisphere today rsquo s celebration of divine light glory and shining radiance comes in the darkest time of the year Isaiah exults in God rsquo s brilliance which bursts forth for the returning exiles as Jerusalem rises up in splendor once again The prophet e