The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope, and it didn’t take the papal conclave long to make it happen. On the fourth ballot, taken in the grandeur of...
In normal times, an institution like Harvard University thrives on publicity. Then again, these are not normal times. Harvard may be the most elite br...
Can a revolution come down to a pill? Over the past century, tidal waves of moral revolution have transformed society and reshaped our moral landscape...
Pope Francis, considered by Roman Catholic dogma to be Vicar of Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Patriarch of the West, Bishop of Rome...
Russell Shorto contributes the cover article for The New York Times Magazine this week -- and his article is sure to attract attention and controversy. In "Contra-Contraception," he looks at the emerging discussion and debate over birth control and s ...
Gary Emerling of The Washington Times reports that churches in the D.C. area are gearing up to respond to the challenge of The Da Vinci Code movie, set for release May 19. From the article: "It poses certain questions to Orthodox Christian believer ...
News reports on Sunday indicated that the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic died Saturday at age 99. Lillian Gertrud Asplund was only five when the "unsinkable" ship went down in the cold dark waters of the North Atlantic. She survived the ...
The Affirmations and Denials statement we released at the Together for the Gospel conference is now available in a complete on-line version, ready for download. We have greatly appreciated the response to the document, and we pray it will serve the c ...
The Conservative movement within American Judaism is debating the issue of homosexuality, centered in the questions of the ordination of homosexuals as rabbis and the blessing of same-sex union. As with Christian denominations, the inescapable issue ...
The big news out of Britain today is the announcement that a 63-year old psychiatrist is pregnant, thanks to a donor egg and the services of the controversial Italian fertility specialist, Dr. Severino Antinori. FromMedical News Today: Dr. Patricia ...
From London, The Guardian reports that Europe's collapsing birthrate is finally getting the attention of government leaders. Germany, with the continent's lowest birthrate, is now trying to persuade individuals to have more children, offering financi ...
Jane Jacobs, the most influential critic of urban planning of our times, died April 25 in Toronto. Her most notable book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, written in 1961, changed the debate over cities in America -- even if many of her i ...
Former Sen. John Danforth addressed the Log Cabin Republicans this past Saturday night, accepting the group's enthusiastic approval when he called efforts to ban same-sex marriage as "silly." The Log Cabin Republicans are committed to the homosexual ...
Tony Long contributes a thoughtful piece on the speed of modern life in "A Sour Note on Modern Times," published at Wired magazine. Long begins with a lament on the fact that classical music stations, in a desperate attempt to attract new listeners, ...