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In All Things
Confronting Spain's dragons
MADRID I have spent the week helping in the world launch of Roland Joffe s new film There Be Dragons which was premiered here on Wednesday night and goes on general release in 300 Spanish cinemas today Some 100 000 tickets have been pre-sold meaning you can t get a ticket this weekend -- somet
Wisdom from Aquinas

Among the many editions and translations of Thomas Aquinas’ work, I have found Thomas Gilby’s two handy collections of philosophical and theological texts quite helpful over the years. His thematic approach can guide your interest and lead you to the primary text. Thus, in the first quotation below, the reference is to the Summa Theologica, Ia (First Part) Ia (Question One) 1 (Article One) ad.2 (His answer to objection two). That citation will lead you to the text, whether the translation is in the Benziger collection or in the multi-volume Blackfriars translation. The specific quotations I used in the America column are marked by an asterisk. Let me know if there are favorites of your own that I should consider or if, over the years, I have muddled the citation.  

General Approach to Reality

*1. In the field of human science, the argument from authority is weakest. Summa Th. Ia.1. ad 2

In All Things
'The Symphony of Ecclesial Life'
The recent Fordham Conference brought to everyone s attention the divergence of young people s lives from church attendance and Catholic beliefs Reading through the comments section of different blogs here suggests many different hypotheses and it is interesting that a common theme is lack of conne
The Good Word
Verbum Domini (2)
A long time ago in a blog far far away hellip I began to discuss the text Verbum Domini the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Benedict XVI on the ldquo Word of God in the life and mission of the Church rdquo Many things have intervened since then such as the end of one semester Christmas
Books
Jan 24, 2011 issue
Free as a Bird Now
James T. Keane
Does Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" merit the hype?
In All Things
Pope's Peace Day message: manifesto of a new humanism?
Pope Benedict s message for today s World Day of Peace text here is a powerful and succint argument for religious freedom as the foundation of all other human rights and freedoms It s not an academic matter Mounting violence against Christians in the Middle East -- the Pope begins with the massa
The Good Word
Advent and the Liturgical Year
In the midst of this blog s focus on Advent properly I might say and the liturgical year in general which is the focus of the Catholic Church s activities the year round an interesting challenge of sorts comes from the blog nbsp Inhabitatio Dei in the post The Impotence of the Liturgical Year
On the Slope With Teilhard: Lessons on spirit and matter
Hymn to Matter” may be one of the oddest-seeming prayers ever penned by a priest. Christians pray to God, to the saints, to the angels perhaps, and sometimes to deceased loved ones. But a hymn to matter? To atoms and rocks, gases and plasma, minerals and stardust? It sounds like idolatry, and
In All Things
Rhonheimer: 'Benedict XVI has changed the discourse on Aids and condoms'
Further evidence that Benedict XVI s comments on condoms were deliberate clear premeditated and designed to correct misrepresentations of church teaching appears today in an Our Sunday Visitor interview with Fr Martin Rhonheimer the moral philosopher close to the Pope s inner circle whose 2004 ar
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs

John Halligan, S.J., and Beatrice Chipeta, a Rosarian sister, were winners of the Opus Prize on Nov. 11