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• July 23, 2010 2:11 PM The Catholic Publicity Paradise By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  The Catholic Church should be a rallying point for all who oppose the culture of death. The press is on our side in this. All it takes to get incredibly widespread publicity is for bishops and

• July 22, 2010 3:54 PM Making the Move By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  I’m moving on Monday, out of the countryside, and into town. It’s time, and the transition marks not only a personal step but another step in the history of Trinity Communications and

• July 20, 2010 10:44 AM Vatican II on Non-Christian Religions By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  By far the shortest document issued by the Second Vatican Council was the Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate). The text runs to only about 1,600

• July 19, 2010 11:03 AM Active Participation By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  The June issue of the Adoremus Bulletin carried an instructive interview with Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the

• July 16, 2010 2:30 PM Virtue: A Democratic Problem By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  Those who have ever taken a political science course which was not merely an exercise in advocacy may remember considering the strengths and weaknesses of various forms of government. Monarchy had

• July 15, 2010 5:07 PM A Noteworthy Newman Conference in Pittsburgh in August By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  The National Institute for Newman Studies will host the 2010 conference of the Newman Association of America in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania August 5 - 7, 2010. The theme of the conference is “A

• July 14, 2010 3:13 PM Vatican II on Christian Education By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  The Second Vatican Council’s ninth document was the Declaration on Christian Education (Gravissimum Educationis), issued on October 25, 1965. It is one of the shorter documents of the Council,

• July 13, 2010 4:21 PM A Culture in Denial Cannot Be Healed By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  The rejection of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in U.S. District Court on July 8th signals the same flight from reality that led to the firing of two pro-marriage university professors earlier

• July 12, 2010 6:51 PM Is Academic Freedom Merely Academic? By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  Earlier this Summer, Kenneth Howell was fired from his teaching position at the University of Illinois because, in comparing utilitarian theory with natural law theory, he taught his class that the

• July 06, 2010 1:39 PM The Danger, and the Challenge, of Daily Catholic News By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  One wonders whether one should read Catholic World News while on vacation. Consider yesterday’s headlines: “Belgian police confirm death threats in sex-abuse investigation”,

• July 02, 2010 1:51 PM Through the Eyes of a Child By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  I’ve been reflecting on how all of us, no matter how small our troubles, tend to be preoccupied with our troubles. We may know that there are many people who are starving or terminally ill,

• July 01, 2010 5:54 PM It is to Laugh… By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  Januário Torgal Ferreira is the bishop for the Armed Forces of Portugal. According to LifeSiteNews.com, the good bishop recently gave an interview in which he opined the following: On

• June 29, 2010 6:09 PM Christian Legal Society v. Martinez: The Issues of Freedom By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  In Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that if a Christian student group wishes to be officially recognized at an American university, then it does not

• June 24, 2010 5:41 PM Apocalypse, Again By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  It’s fascinating that so many Americans (41%, apparently) believe the Second Coming is imminent. This no doubt reflects two things: First, the importance of various forms of Protestant

• June 22, 2010 5:13 PM Scratch a Myth, Find a Jesuit By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  They’re at it again. In direct defiance of a directive from New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Fr. Joe Costantino, pastor of the Jesuit-run Saint Francis Xavier parish, is insisting that the

• June 21, 2010 6:23 PM Why Be Catholic? 11: Peace By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  Another one of the many reasons I am grateful for being a Catholic is the peace it brings to my life. The history of the Church and the lives of the saints suggest that this is a universal

• June 18, 2010 4:19 PM Vatican II on Priestly Training By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  The eighth document issued by the Second Vatican Council, on October 28, 1965, was the Decree on Priestly Training (Optatam Totius). This simply sets forth basic principles to guide the

• June 17, 2010 12:57 PM Christopher Hitchens’ Beef with God By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  I couldn’t help but notice The Week’s June 4th sidebar on Christopher Hitchens, the English-born author of the 2007 book God is Not Great. The Week’s claim to value is that it

• June 15, 2010 6:20 PM David Cameron Updates Christ By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  “If our Lord Jesus was around today,” says the youngest British prime minister in the last 200 years, “he would very much be backing a strong agenda on equality and equal rights,

• June 14, 2010 6:34 PM Our One and Only God By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  I was on vacation last week, so I deliberately avoided controversy. But I did plenty of meditating on what it means to be a Christian. As it happened, I did much of this meditating while rereading