Allah in the Family. That’s the title of The Daily Show’s spoof of calls for an Islamic Cosby Show. Pretty funny.BTW, I think a sitcom about a normal American family that happens to be Muslim is a good idea that could promote healing and understanding. I would, however, caution against overplaying the counterproductive angle of…

The holiday — I mean Christmas — season is once again upon us and as has become every bit as much a holiday tradition as decorated trees or eggnog, the aggressive secularists are out in force to degrade the sacred season with all the non-religious fervor they can muster. Some call it the “War on…

Former British Prime Minister, and relatively recent convert to Catholicism,  Tony Blair debated writer Christopher Hitchens (God Is Not Great) over the weekend.  The topic? Whether religion is a force for good in the world? Video. Transcript. It doesn’t take a mystic to guess who was representing which side of the question — and, if…

German Catholic journalist Peter Seewald has landed the ultimate interview. His in-depth conversion with Pope Benedict XVI is the subject of the new book Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Sign of the Times due out tomorrow. Among the highlights being reported in the media: * The Pope understands why the…

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