A Package

Diogenes looks at the NARAL webpage, which gives some insight into a cluster of issues supported by some very ardent abortion supporters.

Ground “Sacred and Holy” to Moloch

Unbelievable. Via Diogenes: “As he blessed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Albany, New York yesterday,…” …the Rev. Larry Phillips of Schenectady’s Emmanuel-Friedens Church [United Church of Christ] declared the ground “sacred and holy … where women’s voices and stories are welcomed, valued and affirmed; sacred ground where women are treated with dignity, supported in…

“Paved with the Skulls of Bishops”

Richard John Neuhaus reviews Phil Lawler’s new book, The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture (my heading is taken from a statement from Chrysostom, cited by Fabian Bruskewitz endorsing Lawlor’s work, that “the road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops”). One might suggest that the book is really two books,…

Memories of a Catholic School

When I was Director of Religious Education at a church in upstate New York, one of the perqs was free tuition for the kids at the parish school. This was fine for preschool, but a nightmare when my son got to kindergarten. It was a rigid program–full day, with the kids sitting at little desks…

Movies of 2007

Here’s the full list of 992 movies released in 2007. And here’s the list of movies I saw–mostly when they came to DVD, since I can’t justify paying $40 to take my wife and kids to a theater (we had a couple of free passes for the only movie we all went to see this…

Catholic Bishops at the Movies

Of course, the fact is that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops never reviews movies, even if movie reviews are published in their name. Staff writers watch the movies and write the reviews without submitting them to any bishops for re-review. Why, one wonders? Why should movies be reviewed by bishops (or in their…