Reflections for Sunday, June 26, 2011 Solemnity of Corpus Christi It sometimes seems odd to me that we celebrate the Solemnity of Corpus Christi (the Body of Christ) two weeks after Pentecost, after we have just celebrated the...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has ruled this morning that the class-action suit brought by approximately 1.5 million female workers against Walmart cannot go forward. According to CNN, the ruling is not a ruling on the merits of the case,...
Read MoreWesley Smith alerts us to the reporting of the Telegraph on this fascinating and important topic: Scientists have found they can create chimeric animals that have organs belonging to another species by injecting stem cells into...
Read MoreEarlier this month, an Ontario Court sentenced Shahrooz Kharaghani to 10 weeks in jail. The offense: possession for the purpose of trafficking marijuana. On one level, a very pedestrian crime and sentence. However, what makes...
Read MoreIn a blog post entitled “Stanley Cup Champions,” Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the blogging Franciscan Cardinal of the Boston Archdiocese, began on a more somber note: Some say that the Catholic Church hates people...
Read MoreI’m liking what the Catholic News Service is dishing out today regarding the Vatican’s diplomatic corps: If the outside world imagines Vatican diplomacy as Machiavellian realpolitik, the pope sees it differently. The...
Read MoreTrustLaw, a “global centre for free legal assistance and a hub of news and information on anti-corruption issues, good governance and women’s legal rights” released a report today on the World’s Most...
Read MoreHere is Steve’s response to what I posted yesterday: Steve: “I’m paraphrasing on a quote from 2 people that I ran across during my 4-5 hours of research/day. You don’t offend me at all….I do have a libertarian...
Read MoreRecently I have been engaged in an ongoing email dialogue with my cousin, Steve. I consider myself a progressive and he would consider himself a libertarian. With his permission, I am posting some of the conversations that we...
Read MoreThe Guardian yesterday had an article about dress codes in Iran. In the summer, it seems, women seek cooler clothing than their hijab permits, and men gravitate toward shorts. All of these are banned clothing, which has led Iran...
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