September/October 2008

America Comes to Rome 0
- September/October 2008
- September 1, 2008
When the Vatican announced last fall through Archbishop Pietro Sambi, papal nuncio to the United States, that Pope Benedict XVI would be visiting the United States, "professional Catholics," pundits, clerics, and even politicians debated the meaning and message of his first papal "voyage" to the United States. In fact, it had been nearly 10 years
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Special Dispensation 0
- September/October 2008
- September 1, 2008
Few people would suspect a church of trying to arrange things so that its clergy would be allowed to break a law with impunity. Yet that is arguably what is happening in Hungary. In an effort to wean the populace off vodka and crack down on the mayhem caused by drunk drivers, Hungary's parliament recently
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Faith Attack 0
- September/October 2008
- September 1, 2008
Picture this dystopia: in the name of rationality, reason, and science—religion is severely pro-scribed. Some religious beliefs— beliefs —deemed so dangerous that those holding them should be killed. The concept of religious "tolerance" would also be anathema: persons would not be allowed to hold whatever religious beliefs they chose—this cannot be for beliefs deemed irrational.
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Pacific Union College in Angwin, California, was up against the proverbial wall. A powerful coalition was pressing for an amendment to the Napa County General Plan in order to prevent the college from pursuing plans for an "ecovillage." Proposed development at the college would upgrade commercial facilities and provide added residential housing, including much-needed low-income

Something Borrowed, Somthing Blue 0

It says something about the blossoming relationship between the once firmly Protestant United States and the Holy see that on pope Benedict XVI's first visit here the media became fixated on his choice of footwear. Red, handmade designer shoes, no less! But surely such an affectation is not relevant! it seems the old protestant penchant

Home-School Panic 0

I remember a conversation I had with a casual friend when I was first thinking of homeschooling my children. She informed me (rather smugly, I thought) that laws would soon be passed to prevent parents who did not have teaching credentials from teaching their children at home. That was fine for her because she (a)

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