The grounds of the U S Capitol were the site of a conservative rally on Saturday that drew tens of thousands of protesters to Washington D C The immediate occasion for the protest is the health care reform effort but it quickly became obvious that some of the protesters rsquo complaints were of

Today s Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a good day to link to Fred Clark s brilliant explanation of why vampires can t abide crosses Most vampires don t believe in the cross but that hardly matters It s the idea of the thing that gives them fits The cross confronts vampires with th

There have been no peace outcomes from Pope Benedict XVI s visit to the Holy Land in May according to the Patriarch of Jerusalem ldquo The Pope came as a man of dialogue he called for peace But until now we haven rsquo t seen any fruit from this visit Archbishop Fouad Twal told The Tablet o

Incivility hurts the pro-life cause posts John Allen referring to how some activists act so shrill so angry and judgmental that fair-minded people simply tune out the pro-life message He refers to the extraordinary fury -- not to mention the nastiness and loopiness -- of the attacks generat

Yesterday afternoon I attended a most unique retirement celebration for a professor who has been a mentor in theologically engaging culture for me and for thousands of others Dr Harvey Cox Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School retired in his own style with an event that featu

We re delighted to be able to offer you this online review of one of my favorite new movies of the summer the marvelous 500 Days of Summer nbsp In several interviews the actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel as well as the director nbsp Marc Webb nbsp made it clear that they wan