In the nineteenth century the Catholic Church got a reputation -- not always fairly -- for looking out on modernity from a fortress of medieval nostalgia fearing and despising what it did not always understand This was especially true of the embattled mid-nineteenth century papacy symbolized by

For anyone still having a hard time grasping the real-life effects of the economic downturn I can t imagine a better movie than The Company Men which I saw this weekend nbsp The film by ER s John Wells follows three men--well played by Ben Affleck Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper--who lose

If anyone is attending this year s march feel free to offer your reports here Some other resources this morning Michael Sean Winters posted from the Dems for Life booth pior to the march and you can track reports on Twitter marchforlife Also worthwhile this slideshow report on Jesuit prolife

From Cuidad Nueva magazine courtesy Mirada Global a quick survey of 20th century women writers including some authors who may not be familiar to American readers our time gives us magnificent examples of women who have become famous writers of narrative poetry and drama Such is the case of

When the great writer Reynolds Price died a few days ago most obituaries omitted mention of his deep faith nbsp Yet much of his writing in later life focused on his Christian belief and practice nbsp For me his most affecting treatment of that topic is in nbsp Letter to a Godchild in which nbs

It looks like public employee wages are emerging as a major public policy issue nbsp A number of prominent conservatives have been making a loud case that government workers are spoiled and overpaid President Obama while not endorsing the characterization has agreed that the current economic c