This message was posted on the First Things blog this morning by Joseph Bottum editor of the magazine Fr Richard John Neuhaus slipped away today January 8 shortly before 10 o rsquo clock at the age of seventy-two He never recovered from the weakness that sent him to the hospital the day aft

Word has come via First Things that Father Richard John Neuhaus has died I learned of his serious illness last night and since then have felt like a cat who falls and doesn rsquo t land on all fours disoriented and very sad I remember the first time Father Neuhaus attacked me in print I felt

In the beginning was the Word the Gospel of John tells us a Word without flesh A word wields power to heal to hurt to change to condemn to affirm A word separates us from the animal kingdom A word can civilize and uplift us In the beginning It is the beginning of 2009 We have a lot of

During the campaign Barack Obama got tagged for being too much of a celebrity with a famous ad that displayed images of the then-Senator interspersed with photos of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton So my first thought upon hearing the news that Obama intends to name Dr Sanjay Gupta of CNN fame a

Depends what you mean by criticize nbsp Deal Hudson former editor of Crisis magazine and now director of InsideCatholic com offers a qualified yes here Hudson A Catholic journalist may therefore criticize a bishop in editorial fashion so long as he shows respect for the office maintains

Waltz with Bashir is unlike any other film I have ever seen Both a documentary and an animation film--it is competing for Academy awards for both best animation and best foreign film from Israel--it is a surrealistic often harrowing and deeply thought-provoking film I left the showing literally