On the Culture

Vatican II on the Church: Eschatological Identity By Dr. Jeff Mirus | March 12, 2010

I can see now that it was a mistake not to include Chapter 6 of Lumen Gentium, on “Religious”, in the previous entry (as I had done in my preparatory notes), because the chapter really covers that form of consecration which

On The News

the trail that doesn't lead to the Vatican By Phil Lawler | March 05, 2010

For more than a decade, some journalists have been trying to trace the responsibility for the sex-abuse crisis to the Vatican, and preferably to the Pope. They haven't found a connection yet, but they're still trying. At times their

On Business

St. Bernard’s Thoughts on Humility, Applied to Business By Peter Mirus | March 08, 2010

When you make it a point in life to think about sound business principles and to think about sound spiritual principles, you are bound to notice obvious correlations. As many readers know, I have been rereading In the Steps of Humility

• Off the Record
  

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• In Depth Analysis

  March 11, 2010 On Prudence and the Tyranny of Tolerance: A Case Study By Dr. Jeff Mirus

  Our coverage of the decision of a Catholic school not to enroll a student being raised by lesbians has stimulated a vigorous exchange of ideas (see Denver Catholic school: Lesbian couple’s child may not re-enroll, and Archbishop Chaput defends school’s decision not to re-enroll lesbian’s children and my commentary, Teaching with Blood). Many readers offered opinions on the question of whether the school was right or wrong to exclude the child, with some holding that the