Media frenzy buries U.N. goals
The Christophers
10/3/2007
When the U.N. General Assembly opened its 62nd annual meeting Sept. 25, the disproportionate attention accorded the controversial Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overshadowed other topics. Granted, the fuss that followed Ahmadinejad forced valuable debate over such themes as freedom of ...
Vetoing children’s health care?
National Catholic Register
9/26/2007
When a Republican president vetoes a children’s health-care program, the story that plays out in many people’s minds seems straightforward and obvious. It’s a terrible shame. Such a veto is a sign that priorities are askew in Washington. But in the case of the president’s planned veto of the ...
The ideal family
The Catholic Register
9/26/2007, by Joseph Sinasac
Just as Canadians were waking up to discover that for the first time in history married couples were in the minority earlier this month, they were also reminded of what they had lost. The words came from Pope Benedict XVI, and they were the epitome of common sense. In remarks to Slovak ambassador ...
Who does the judging?
The Christophers
9/26/2007, by Dennis Heaney
When Richard Jewell died recently the news was reported in papers across the nation. Jewell’s fame came from the stories of the bombing at Centennial Park in Atlanta on July 27, 1996 during the Olympic Summer Games. You may remember that he was working in the park that evening as a security guard ...
One mistake away
Commonweal Magazine: A Review of Religion, Politics and Culture
9/26/2007
The unjustified and ill-conceived invasion and occupation of Iraq has been a catastrophe, the full consequences of which few dare to think about. Correcting President George W. Bush’s errors will take years, if not decades, and will require the return to a much more balanced understanding of this ...
The Big House ban
Our Sunday Visitor
9/26/2007
Sometimes the worst policy flows from the best of intentions. Bad policy is when federal prison officials took it upon themselves to decide what religion books are acceptable in prison libraries. Their intention was to prevent books that advocated violence or, one guesses, religious extremism. But ...
In praise of the parish
The Christophers
9/26/2007
If you are not a child and still get a stomachache on Sunday mornings when you think about going to church, or if you have thought how nice it would be to spend the same hour at Starbucks reading The New York Times, this message is for you. Parishes are important. In any larger discussion about the ...
Text of the USCCB statement for Respect Life Sunday 2007
Catholic Online
9/24/2007
WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – Society today is confused about issues surrounding the protection of life of innocent human beings, leaving at risk those who are “vulnerable due to their age, size, health or dependency,” said a U.S. cardinal. In a statement issued Sept. 21 and embargoed until Sept. ...
Educated flock
National Catholic Register
9/21/2007
In a sharp comment-and-answer session 20 Septembers ago, Pope John Paul II summed up the potential of Catholic universities in America. When the U.S. bishops met with the holy father during his 1987 papal visit, Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland put together an impressive presentation. The ...
Religion and politics
The Catholic Register
9/19/2007
Clashes between religion and politics are breaking out all over these days. Those predictions a generation ago that religion would die quietly in a new enlightened secular age appear to be the only thing to have passed to the Great Beyond. Religion is hale and hearty by comparison, though it is ...
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