What the religious pundits are saying…or not Sheila August 17, 2008 In the early rounds of analysis after the Civil Forum, commentators were already drawing differences between the two presidential candidates’ Read More
What is “Chinese Faith”? Sheila August 12, 2008 The WSJ comments: President Bush attended church in Beijing on Sunday, worshipping with Chinese Christians and singing “Amazing Grace.” But Read More
The important Catholic bloc…..doesn’t actually vote that Sheila August 7, 2008 They don’t vote as a bloc. This snip from a New York Times piece about the value of winning Read More
Feeding is a moral obligation Sheila August 7, 2008 These things are necessary to officially declare….or remind….with the right-to-die movement finding new ways to justify ending lives Read More
Very cool, Papa Ben Sheila August 5, 2008 He slipped under radar and fooled the press. Pope Benedict XVI managed to dodge journalists and crowds during his first Read More
The pope urged them to speak up Sheila August 1, 2008 So it seems like more bishops are doing just that. During his US papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI told the Read More
And this man is a professor Sheila July 27, 2008 An atheist is one thing. But an atheist who holds a teaching position at a university, who feels compelled not Read More
July 25, 1968 Sheila July 26, 2008 What a time of upheaval that was. We were in a crisis of authority on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More
Cardinal’s remarks make for snappy sound bites Sheila July 25, 2008 At the risk, of course, of being plucked out of their context and out of the tenor with which they Read More
Faithful citizens Sheila July 25, 2008 You can’t not vote. That would be irresponsible. That’s a total re-wording of the positive teaching of the Read More