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Welcome, Arbp. Dolan!

Posted on April 19, 2009
I went to mass today at St. Patrick's Cathedral. New York's new archbishop, Timothy Dolan, presided. Wow! What an engaging, warm, and inspiring person. A wonderful (providentially so?) face for the American bishops, and for American Catholics generally.

Language matters, redux

Posted on April 19, 2009
As if to underscore Rob's point in this post, the ever-irenic (not) Frank Rich went off today. Much of the column was devoted to tinfoil-hattery about Prof. Robert George and Princeton's James Madison Program. (I was -- I confess! --...

Habemus Papam!

Posted on April 19, 2009
Today is the 4th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's election. Ad multos annos!

"I dreamed a dream"

Posted on April 18, 2009
Over 26 million people have now viewed the youtube video of Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed a Dream" on the show "Britain's Got Talent. Catholic News Service reports: The audience snickered and the judges of "Britain's Got Talent" either rolled...

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Opening of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality

Posted on April 18, 2009
Today is the kick-off event for the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University School of Law. The presentations this morning focused on the Japanese internment, the initial Supreme Court decisions, and the later coram nobis...

Has the Vatican really rejected Obama's proposed ambassadors?

Posted on April 17, 2009
This question has been addressed on MOJ here and here. The answer may be technically "no" because "no candidates have been formally submitted." But, according to the London Times, the answer is "yes" - three candidates have been rejected in...

The GOP & Same-Sex Marriage (and More on Tony Blair)

Posted on April 17, 2009
April 17, 2009, 9:51 am Top G.O.P. Consultant Endorses Gay Marriage By Katharine Q. Seelye If Steve Schmidt is for same-sex marriage, can Senate Republicans be far behind? Well, yes. We don?t expect establishment Republicans in Washington ? or establishment...

Gender, adolescence, and "today's poisonous boy culture"

Posted on April 17, 2009
I disagree with a lot of what Judith Warner writes, but her observations about gender roles during adolescence are worthy of some serious reflection, particularly as Catholics struggle to: 1) articulate exactly how gender differences matter, and how they should...

Doug Kmiec on the Colbert Report, Discussing, Inter Alia, "Gay Marriage"

Posted on April 17, 2009
Check it out, via dotCommonweal. Here.

Obama and Embryonic Stem Cell Research: The Influence of Gene Outka and Doug Kmiec?

Posted on April 17, 2009
NYT, 4/18/09 Some Restrictions Lifted on Stem Cell Research WASHINGTON ? The Obama Administration announced Friday that it planned to lift some ? but not all ? of the financing restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research in place during...

The case for same-sex marriage: language matters

Posted on April 16, 2009
Readers of this blog know that I have expressed skepticism about justifications for excluding same-sex couples from the institution of marriage. At the same time, I find much of the rhetoric offered in support of SSM to be unhelpful and...

Any Ann Rice fans out there?

Posted on April 16, 2009
I've never read anything by her, but I thought that some MOJ readers might be interested in this: Sightings 4/16/09 Destiny?s Child ? Thomas Zebrowski In her recently-released spiritual memoir, Anne Rice, the bestselling author of Interview with the Vampire,...

"Planned Parenthood Matters"

Posted on April 15, 2009
A helpful reminder.

"The End of Christian America"?

Posted on April 15, 2009
Jon Meacham, the sage of Newsweek, considers the question whether we are reaching the "end of Christian America" (here): "To the surprise of liberals who fear the advent of an evangelical theocracy and to the dismay of religious conservatives who...

"Faith Groups Losing Battles Over Gay Rights"

Posted on April 15, 2009
The headline is not *quite* right, but the story is worth reading. (I say it is "not quite right" because it is not clear to me that a commitment to gay rights requires eliminating religious-hiring rights for religious organizations.) Here's...

Education reform in Washington, D.C.

Posted on April 15, 2009
Anthony Williams, the former (Democratic) mayor of D.C., and Kevin Chavous, a former (Democratic) Council member, weigh in here in favor of meaningful education reform in D.C. Will the Administration listen? As the Washington Post explains, it should...

Conscience at Fordham

Posted on April 14, 2009
FORDHAM CENTER ON RELIGION AND CULTURE | HEADLINE FORUM Matters of Conscience When Moral Precepts Collide with Public Policy Tuesday, 28 April 2009 | 6 ? 8 p.m. Fordham University | Lincoln Center Campus Pope Auditorium | 113 West 60th...

Reason and Authority

Posted on April 14, 2009
I appreciate Fr. Araujo's reflection on our common vocabulary and grammer (or lack thereof). He writes that "our division appears to be attributable to whether we accept the truth or not about particular claims advanced by the Church." I think...

Why it's difficult for Christians to be persuasive on SSM

Posted on April 13, 2009
I think our ongoing conversation on MoJ about same-sex marriage is helpful and fascinating, perhaps because it tends to proceed with less shrillness and venom here than it does in most other venues today. I just want to point out...

Stanley Fish gets conscience (half-) right

Posted on April 13, 2009
Stanley Fish weighs in on the debate over the Bush Administration's conscience regulations. As usual, Fish starts out with a valuable insight, then careens wildly beyond the bounds of reason. Here's the helpful insight: Were he alive, the English philosopher...

Do we share a common vocabulary and grammar?

Posted on April 13, 2009
As Mirror of Justice contributors and readers may recall, I indicated prior to the Easter Triduum that I would be spending time during the quiet of Holy Saturday thinking about recent posts that reveal the division amongst our approaches to...

Stephen Colbert (Catholic), anyone? Or Jon Stewart (Jew)?

Posted on April 13, 2009
Check this out, at dotCommonweal--not least, the comments.

Costa Rica in the News

Posted on April 13, 2009
I'm paying particular attention to Costa Rica these days because my son, a budding ecologist, will be going there on a trip. So I was interested this weekend to see both Thomas Friedman's Times column describing the country's intense policy...

Church Autonomy Cases in Europe

Posted on April 13, 2009
As we deal with questions about the scope of church autonomy over employment decisions here in America, similar questions are in play in Europe, where several cases from Germany are now before the European Court of Human Rights. This page,...

A new archbishop for Westminster

Posted on April 11, 2009
Story here. I don't know much about him, but I liked this: He has strongly defended Catholic schools in the face of growing hostility from Britain's teaching unions and accusations that they lead to segregation. In 2006 he helped to...

Realizing the Promise . . .

Posted on April 11, 2009
. . . of Religious Mission in Legal Education. A conference (more here) at Catholic University, at which MOJ-ers Brennan, Uelmen, and some other guy will speak.

Helen Alvare on Obama, Notre Dame, and bad arguments

Posted on April 11, 2009
Here. A taste: I am not criticizing Notre Dame . . . simply for failing to comprehend the enormity of the threat President Obama poses to respect for vulnerable human life. . . . I am . . . writing...

Easter and the Right to Life

Posted on April 11, 2009
This is by Bishop Jenky, C.S.C. (Peoria): The most fundamental of all human rights is the right to life. All other imperatives of justice and mercy are derivative of the great truth that human beings are made in the image...

States Slashing Social Programs for Vulnerable

Posted on April 11, 2009
A depressing story, here.

The Narrative Concluded (Part 4)

Posted on April 11, 2009
[Previous entries here, here, and here.] Based on the evidence presented from experts from all over this country and abroad, it is clear that sexual orientation is not a predictor of a person?s ability to parent. Sexual orientation no more...

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