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• Is Reza Aslan, Author of Zealot, Misrepresenting His Credentials?

  

  Joe Carter is strongly suggesting the answer is yes: For starters, he does not have a PhD in the history of religions. Aslan has four degrees: a Bachelors of... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 SOCIETY

• Are You Largely Unhappy?

  

  There's likely a theological, and scientific, reason for it: The Theology of the Body tells us that each person was made for self donation and that if we want t... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 SOCIETY

• How Radically Insane is Melissa Harris-Perry?

  

  We had a hint back in March. Then a week ago, we were exposed to more of her twistedness. Today... she's topped herself: One of the most ludicrous examples of... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 SOCIETY

• "A Pope is Teaching the Christian Faith, and the Press is Accurately Quoting...

  

  There's lots of buzz on what the pope said yesterday on the way back to Rome with lots of back and forth on what it means. The Anchoress in reaction, over at... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 SOCIETY

• 9 Year Old Brazilian Boy to Pope: “I Have a Very Important Message for you...I...

  

  In a story I hope goes viral and that ought to touch your heart, we learn about a little guy's faith and his hope for the future: The great small hero of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 RELIGION

• “What is the Cross That the Lord Has Given Me? What is the Cross That He Wants M...

  

  Felipe Passos, a wheelchair bound young Brazilian, challenged those gathered at World Youth Day yesterday: Felipe, 23, spoke at the World Youth Day prayer... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 SOCIETY

• 3 Million Expected at Mass This Morning in Brazil

  

  Hunger for God is palpable: Hundreds of thousands of young people who slept under chilly skies in the white sand of Copacabana beach are waking up in eager... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 SOCIETY

• 'Obama’s “transparency” Was Always a Damned Illusion...'

  

  So begins The Anchoress' latest post... but for me, it's not so much about where she begins, but where she ends up: It’s “masks off” time for many, it seems. Ou... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 SOCIETY

• There Will Be More of This

  

  A Mass is interrupted by abortion activists in Chile and they don't stop there: Abortion activists interrupted Mass at the Cathedral of the Chilean capital... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 SOCIETY

• CIA Blocked Rescue

  

  On Wednesday, the President of the United States said, "With an endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals, Washington has taken... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 SOCIETY

• No Longer Can One Say That There Are No Atheists in Foxholes

  

  I hope there's a better explanation for this.  I really do: A chaplain at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska was ordered to remove a religious column he... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Scores Killed Near Christian Pilgrimage Site in Spain

  

  The numbers are horrific at this point and are likely to climb: A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 SOCIETY

• "The Big Stuff is Not out There"

  Elizabeth Scalia finds a touching video of a mother singing to her dying daughter and writes beautifully and poignantly in response: How small we are. And how... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 SOCIETY

• Prayers for Locutisprime

  Regular readers know that Locutisprime has in the past been a regular contributor here until somewhat recently.  Today I've learned he's in the hospital (they'r... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 SOCIETY

• A Detailed List of Curious Coincidences in Pres. Obama’s Life

  Guest posted by tim, The Godless Heathen Someone anonymously emailed the following to Steve Foley at The Minority Report -   Obama just happened to know 60s... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 SOCIETY

• "Trust Me, Men Think About Menstruation as Little as Humanly Possible."

  

  Tom McDonald is making so much sense: Yeah, I know. You’ve seen it already, and I’m just being a big fat hypocrite by reproducing both these pictures and then... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 SOCIETY

• How Bankrupt Can a Mindset Become?

  

  This bankrupt: On Monday, ABC News reported that George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, recently... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 SOCIETY

• "Pope Francis Wants to Ignite the Passion of Roman Catholics for Their Faith"

  

  So begins this AP story detailing the Pope's arrival in Rio de Janeiro: Returning to his home continent for the first time since becoming pontiff, Francis smile... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 SOCIETY

• 'Given the Necessity of Context, I Find the Whole Idea of “Scripture Alone”...

  

  Thoughtful reading coming our way via Ryan Adams at Summa: Being raised in a Protestant home, the Scriptures were (and in many ways still are) the end-all-be-al... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 SOCIETY

• "We Have Got to Shape a Future Where Ladders of Opportunity Are Available for Al...

  

  I find this troubling... you? To ensure that "every American is able to choose to live in a community they feel proud of," HUD has published a new fair-housing... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 SOCIETY