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April 18, 2018 |
Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:
We reprint Peter Kreeft's introduction to his own book, "Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic" along with reason number 30. They're both short and to the point. The 30th point he gives: "I am a Catholic because only the Church can Whup the devil." Then George Weigel writes about "Learning from the White Rose," an anti-Nazi student organization whose three leaders were executed for treason. "They learned that conscience can be stern, but that in submitting to the truths it conveys, we are liberated in the deepest meaning of human freedom." David Warren's "Dinosaurs on the Move" presents an interpretation of a recent poll that shows church attendance is falling in the United States: We have "ceased to be prayed for," and therefore we have "also ceased to pray." Finally, a powerful review of "Sigrid Undset's Ida Elisabeth: The Moral Nobility of a Loving Woman." (If you haven't heard of Undset, she was a Norwegian novelist and awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Her work Kristin Lavransdatter is considered one of the great Catholic novels.) Ida Elisabeth is a woman who does not lie to herself about the great sacrifices demanded by love. Let us love one another. - Meaghen Hale |
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Editorials of Interest: Challenge yourself with Gaudete et Exsultate! - Catholic Culture
A Tradition Unlike Any Other - First Things
What Would Have Stopped Martin Luther - First Things
Adoption and the Firing of Kevin Williamson - First Things
Unpracticed Faith is Functional Atheism - Crisis Magazine
Why California Can't Be a Sanctuary State - Crisis Magazine
The Kids Aren't Alright - The Catholic Thing
'We Love Each Other So Much, We're Getting Divorced' - The Stream
What's Lust Got to Do With It? - NY Times
The most unexpectedly religious film of the year - Catholic World Report
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Editorials of Interest Challenge yourself with Gaudete et Exsultate! - Catholic Culture
If people do not think they can learn anything about holiness from Pope Francis, they need to think again. Should one take Cdl. Schönborn's comments on female ordination seriously? - Canon Law Blog
Recent comments from Viennese prelate Christoph Cdl. Schönborn seem to be a chilling illustration of the erosion of order in the Church. A Tradition Unlike Any Other - First Things
We don't act as though the Church had something special to offer, and so, with rare exceptions when her irrepressible transcendence bursts forth, no one treats her as though she did. China Insists on Control of Religion, Dimming Hope of Imminent Vatican Deal - NY Times
"I think there is no religion in human society that is above the state," said senior official Chen Zongrong. President of France calls on Catholics to engage politically - CNA
"Our contemporaries need to hear a voice which still dares to speak of man as a living spirit." Adoption and the Firing of Kevin Williamson - First Things
Writers work out their moral judgments in the public sphere. Unpracticed Faith is Functional Atheism - Crisis Magazine
Seventy percent of Americans profess to be Christians, and yet as few as three percent could be called disciples — believers who have dedicated their lives to become more like Jesus by learning to do the things he commanded us to do. When Liberals Become Progressives, Much Is Lost - NY Times
Like conservative fundamentalism, progressivism contributes to the polarization and paralysis of government because it makes compromise, which entails accepting less progress, not merely inadvisable but irrational. Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis - NY Times
The answer to the disparity in death rates has everything to do with the lived experience of being a black woman in America. Why California Can't Be a Sanctuary State - Crisis Magazine
The modern misuse of sanctuary could not be more contrary to its original intention. Several things are needed for a true sanctuary. My kids think they don't have to go to church because their dad doesn't. What can I do? - Aleteia
A question that illustrates how influential the role of fatherhood is in the spiritual upbringing of children. The Kids Aren't Alright - The Catholic Thing
Serial, planned meetings between man and woman have been replaced by a kind of directionless spontaneity, and yet biological realities haven't changed. What's Lust Got to Do With It? - NY Times
Why would a woman go home with a man, decide she's not attracted to him but have sex with him anyway? They were going to get married. Now he's a priest and she's a sister. - CNA
Before discovering their vocations, Fr. Javier Olivera and Sister Marie de la Sagesse were engaged and planning their wedding. God had other plans. The most unexpectedly religious film of the year - Catholic World Report
One would have to be blind not to see a number of religious motifs in John Krasinski's absorbing film A Quiet Place. Amazon announces new television series based on Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - Aleteia
The one TV show to rule them all. New Catholic App for Kids Is a Game-Changer for Parents - uCatholic
Fuzati, a Texas-based Catholic technology firm, has created the revolutionary app "Little Saint Adventures," which features over 50 games and activities that teach children about the Catholic faith. Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and St. Justin Martyr, pray for us | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
