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By The Editors | Akin’s All Right Regarding “Israel: Whose Land Is It?” (July 18): Considering the relative brevity of the article, Akin’s coverage of the subject was very comprehensive and very enlightening. Perhaps the only idea not totally included was that either if Israel had initially defeated the Palestinians in a war and then claimed the land as Israel or …
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By Joan Frawley Desmond | People in California defending traditional marriage discuss the prospects for fighting the recent court decision overturning Proposition 8. | WASHINGTON — California’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overruled a District Court judge’s controversial decision to allow same-sex “marriage” and will hear an appeal of the case Dec. 6. Advocates for traditional marriage received a setback Aug. …
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By Steve Weatherbe | Efforts to fight embryonic stem-cell research have been revived after the FDA approved human trials on an embryo-killing cell therapy. | MENLO PARK, Calif. — Even as a federal agency gave a California biotech firm the go-ahead to begin the first human trials of therapy employing human embryonic stem cells, a federal court approved a pro-life legal …
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By Joan Frawley Desmond | The sex-abuse scandals of the past decade gave psychologists a black eye, but people involved in screening seminary candidates are re-examining the role of the psychological sciences. | WASHINGTON — Psychologists got a bad rap in the wake of the 2002 U.S. clergy sex-abuse scandal. That scandal exposed the limitations of therapy to curb criminal behavior …
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By Stephen Vincent | Father Brett Brannen, vice rector of Mount St. Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., is the author of To Save a Thousand Souls: A Guide for Discerning a Vocation to Diocesan Priesthood. | After searching for more than a decade for a comprehensive guide for men thinking about the priesthood, Father Brett Brannen decided to write one himself. …
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By Rich Daly | New federal statistics on child abuse suggest a bias against traditional families. | WASHINGTON — The latest federal data indicate child-protection agencies nationwide continue to target Christian families, according to Christian legal experts and advocates for reforming aggressive child-welfare agencies. The Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4), released earlier this year, indicated a …
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By Joseph Pronechen | Joseph Pronechen recommends No Turning Back: A Witness to Divine Mercy by Father Donald Calloway. | NO TURNING BACK A Witness to Mercy by Father Donald H. Calloway, MIC Marian Press, 2010 263 pages, $19.95 To order: marian.org (800) 462-7426 The opening chapter of this autobiography is like a Hollywood thriller: Japanese undercover agents and American military …
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By Elenor K. Schoen | After retiring from the presidency of Gonzaga University, Father Robert Spitzer is on a mission to boost students’ knowledge — and faith. | SEATTLE — Jesuit Father Robert Spitzer wants to challenge the minds of college students who “are being bombarded with specious arguments that attempt to dissuade them from belief in God.” But he is …
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By Father Owen Kearns | Publisher's Note | Even if you’re neither a college-bound student nor a parent of one, you’ll want to read through Circle Media’s Catholic Identity College Guide. It will run as a pullout section in our next issue. Meanwhile, our book division, Circle Press, is preparing an expanded version in road-ready booklet format. Watch these pages for …
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By Janet Smith | Editorial | (Editor’s note: This guest editorial by Janet Smith appeared Aug. 13 on NCRegister.com.) What to do about all the lapsed Catholics? Those Catholics who don’t come to church because they reject the Church’s teachings on such matters as contraception, the ordination of women to the diaconate, and married priests. Father Joseph Breen of Nashville proposed …
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