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Home: Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Culture and Civilization: LINKS_PAGEArticles:A tough generation begins to fall from its perch - Elizabeth NicksonMy oldest friend died last weekend and yesterday, all us old Montrealers trooped down to Victoria’s Anglican cathedral to say goodbye. As Philly's generation begins to fall from its perch, nothing impresses me more about their lives than their leaving of us. Especially since, for the past 30 years, we've been telling them they were wrong about just about everything. Read more... A Vision of Hope - The Columbia StaffIn his New York Times best selling A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World Supreme Knight of Columbus Carl A. Anderson explores the practical things Catholics must do to bring their faith to bear on the challenges of the 21st century. Read more... A World Split Apart - ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYNThe 1970 Nobel prize winner in literature, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, delivered this address at the Harvard Commencement in 1978. Read more... Abraham Lincoln - Donald DeMarcoLincoln's greatness as a political leader lay in the fact that not only did he recognize that freedom cannot flower except in the soil of truth, but that he had enough virtue -- his love for truth -- to stand by his convictions in the full face of political opposition. Read more... Addiction or Sinful Habit? - Benjamin WikerIs gambling an addiction or a sinful habit? What about pornography? Overeating? Drinking? Shopping? Checking email? Texting? Watching television? Playing video games? Working? They’ve all been called addictions. Is that really what they are? Read more... After the Tragedy at Columbine High - Archbishop Charles ChaputArchbishop Charles Chaput appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during a hearing on "Marketing Violence to Children" on May 4, 1999, following the April 20 tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO. His testimony follows. Read more... Against Eternal Youth - Frederica Mathewes-GreenI’m a fan of old movies, the black-and-whites from the 1930s and 1940s, in part because of what they reveal about how American culture has changed. The adults in these films carry themselves differently. Read more... All Hallow's Eve - Mary Reed NewlandOne of the nicest surprises of living around the year with the Church is to find that Halloween is part of it. Read more... Almost Heaven - Peggy NoonanIt's summer, the country's traveling, and the great pleasure to be had from leaving home is meeting and falling in love with a place you've never been to. Read more... America is Splitting Apart - RABBI DANIEL LAPINTwo powerful ideas are competing for the soul of America and we must not remain oblivious to this, our biggest national problem. We are two nations separated by incompatible moral visions. Read more... American Losing its Sense of Self - GEORGIE ANNE GEYERWith tiresome regularity, every few months some group comes forward to reiterate that America is losing its history. Read more... Among the Unbelievers - Daniel J. MahoneyIt has long been assumed that Western society in the modern age — with the rise of science and the broad intellectual legacy of the Enlightenment — must become increasingly secular. Read more... An alteration of course? - David WarrenMy sense of things, when Pope Benedict resigned, is my sense now: that we have rounded the cape, that we are in a new ocean. Read more... An echoing silence in his wake - Peter KavanaghThe death of Neil Postman this week, at age 72, brings a certain quiet into public discourse. A literate critic, a conscientious objector, a naysayer to unbridled development is silent. As well, a great teacher, a wonderfully clear writer and a very nice and at times self-mocking man is dead. Read more... An Interview with Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Alexander SolzhenitsynIn the course of his research for "Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile" Joseph Pearce traveled to Moscow to interview the Nobel Prize winning author. We are pleased to be able to publish this interview in an abridged form. Read more... An invitation to Evangelical Catholicism and Deep Catholic Reform - George Weigel"A rare book that can transform culture and communities from the inside out." - Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus Read more... An Ode to Ceremony - Peggy NoonanThe first instant message of 2007 came up on my screen just after midnight. It said, "Noony there is much love in the world." Read more... An “Apostate” from Itself: The Lost Europe of Pope Benedict - Sandro MagisterEven before its separation from God, Joseph Ratzinger sees the old continent withdrawing from itself, from “its very identity.” Fifty years after the Treaty of Rome, the most critical assessment is that of the pope. Here it is. Read more... Archbishop Charles Chaput, on the Tragedy in Newtown, CT - Hugh HewittYou were in Denver when Columbine happened as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of Denver. So I don't know if you are reliving that nightmare now. But what are you reactions to the tragedy in Newtown, CT? Read more... Archbishop Gomez analyzes future of Hispanics in US Catholic Church - Catholic News AgencyAs he prepares to lead the largest archdiocese in the United States, Archbishop Jose Gomez, spoke with CNA in an exclusive interview addressing the role of Hispanics in the U.S. Catholic Church. Read more... Architects of the Culture of Death: Introduction - Donald De Marco & Benjamin WikerEvery building has an architect, someone who conceives the image of the edifice before it is built. Read more... Are "Values" the Same as Virtues? - IAIN T. BENSONIn our local paper recently, a church leader pointed out that the reason some young families are returning to church is that "they want some help in fostering values for their children." Read more... Are the handshake and cheek-peck on their way out? - Paul JohnsonHandshaking was not quotidian until modern times, and it usually had a definite significance, such as the sealing of a business agreement or bargain. It was a metaphor. Read more... At the twilight's last - David WarrenReading the pundits, on the second Obama Inauguration — that imitation Coronation, performed out of church at fixed intervals — one might think that half of America was attracted, and half repulsed. Read more... Awakening at Littleton - J. BOTTUMThe praying crowds seemed to have no special desire to hear politicians come to town and demand gun control, or television commentators denounce pornography on the Internet and violence in popular music and the failure of the public schools, or Hillary Clinton call from the White House for increased government spending on counselors and therapists to help children solve their problems "with words instead of weapons." The mourners wanted instead to hear the story of teenage girls with guns to their heads being asked to deny the Lord. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Sun May 12 2013 - 15:13:39
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