“A Narrative of Heroism…”
Can you teach people to be heroic – or at least to have courage? This story is so very, very interesting, and all the more so because the guy who wants to teach heroism is the same guy who did “those...
Read MorePosted by Jana Bennett | Jul 4, 2011 | Current Events |
Can you teach people to be heroic – or at least to have courage? This story is so very, very interesting, and all the more so because the guy who wants to teach heroism is the same guy who did “those...
Read MorePosted by Jana Bennett | Jun 17, 2011 | Current Events |
I’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 MorePosted by Jana Bennett | Jun 15, 2011 | Current Events |
The 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...
Read MorePosted by Jana Bennett | May 21, 2011 | Current Events |
A timeline of events: April 5, 2011 – Paul Ryan’s budget is submitted to the House Budget Committee. April 29, 2011 – Congressman Ryan writes a letter about his budget/fiscal ideas to Archbishop Dolan, partly...
Read MorePosted by Jana Bennett | Apr 26, 2011 | Current Events |
One of the complaints that people sometimes make about Catholic social teachings is that they don’t seem very related to “real life.” For example, the Catholic social tradition often discusses fairness in wages...
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