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I admit that I haven’t followed the recent controversies over the Presidential Council on Bioethics, Leon Kass and changes in personnel. But I did read with interest, this review of a book of analysis from the Council, edited by Kass, and reviewed here by Edward Rothstein. Many council sessions (www.bioethics.gov/transcripts/transcripttopic.html) involve more traditional material: comments…

The Globe reviews a new book on the sexual abuse scandal On the other side of the ledger, France’s righteous zeal for the survivors/victims also leads him, now and then, to rely on hyperbole and interpretive liberties that serve, unfortunately, to weaken his credibility. Alcoholism, we are told, “ran endemic” among the nuns and priests…

The answer might surprise you…. The illustrator of the Good News Bible Similarly, the charm of the illustrations is in their unassuming simplicity. Few of her characters have much in the way of faces – or any other detail – and yet they are full of life and character, and can be very evocative. Vallotton’s…

The magazine-style New Testament for girls? Now there’s … From Thomas Nelson publishers “Chicks, cash and cars” ???????????????????? Ritual paradigm for discussion: 1) At least they’re doing something. What are Catholics doing? Huh? 2) But….does this presentation, although it might draw some in, really support an authentic faith that’s geared towards ever-maturing and growing, rather…

on the Passion But, as to the civil war among Jews, the Forward quotes Malcolm Hoenlein, an official at the Conference of Presidents of Major Amercan Jewish Organizations, as say- ing-in concert with prominent Jews who deplore Jewish critics of the movie: “Frankly . . . we should have Christians out front speaking about it.…

Archdiocese of Chicago offers a means for inquiring about possible abusers An online form requesting information about any diocesan priest — past or present — may be submitted through the archdiocese’s Web site, www.archdiocese-chgo.org, and archdiocesan officials say they will respond, in writing, within two weeks. The online inquiry, which is available in English, Spanish…

Here In other words, did the Legislature’s criteria for deciding what activities or institutions deserve a religious exemption constitute a state intrusion into religious matters that was prohibited by the First Amendment? The California court ruled no, by 6 to 1. Yet it is noteworthy that the criteria that disqualified Catholic Charities in California from…

Woman charged with murder after refusing Caesarean Much good discussion of this over at HMS Blog.

They’re talking about what Mel Gibson should do with his profits from the Passion Started by Jonah Goldberg, who gives his last word, after much give-and-take: Again, as I said, I take Gibson at his word that he didn’t go into this for the money. He went into this as an artist, a believer, a…

Shawn Macomber on the Austin PP boycott and other signs of the times Eventually concrete supplier Ramon Carrasquillo broke the picket line and poured the foundation this January, mostly because his company, Rainbow Materials, Inc. was drowning under $17 million of debt. Other subcontractors signed on, but only on the condition that Planned Parenthood conceal…
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