4+ hour, 41+ min ago  (358+ words) Day provided a more extensive account of such trials in a 1942 article in her paper, The Catholic Worker:" This graphic account illuminates why Dorothy Day inspires thoughts of sainthood. Most prefer working with the "deserving poor" or dealing with the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (495+ words) Which misses a lot. To put it mildly. " Donald Trump has sucked the air out of virtually the entire media universe since 2015. Is there anything that isn't to be parsed or explained by reference to him? This obsession distorts reality....

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (340+ words) As the sanctuary started to fill, conversation grew but never became raucous. Young people streamed in'including one young man sporting a pair of "YOLO" socks, which seemed ironic, given the holiday'but also plenty of presumed parents and Gen X supporters....

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (395+ words) What we say matters. And the way we say it matters. This is especially true in times of war, when the moral stakes are high. Which is why I'm troubled by the annihilationist rhetoric coming from the White House. It…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (203+ words) Across the Western world, especially in France, Britain, and the United States, we are seeing a remarkable surge of adult conversions to Christianity, particularly to the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Young people, and especially young men, are leading the way....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (134+ words) As Gorsuch wrote in his opinion, "All Ms. Chiles offers is talk therapy," and "the spoken word is perhaps the quintessential form of protected speech." Gorsuch finds here a classic case of "viewpoint discrimination." But Gorsuch never reveals anything Chiles…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (168+ words) Waugh needed his faith every bit as much as Greene and largely for the same reason. He liked to tell friends and interviewers that, since he was not instinctively charitable, his character would be a good deal worse if he…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (195+ words) Social media doesn't have to be addictive. Companies can make different design choices. And the speech and content on their platforms can remain untouched." Perrino is not alone. Some parents' rights groups have similarly spoken out against state efforts to…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (92+ words) First Things Simone M. Sepe is professor of law and finance and Honourable Frank Iacobucci Chair in Capital Markets Regulation at the University of Toronto's Jackman Faculty of Law and Rotman School of Management. Afew years ago, I had some routine…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (131+ words) Nonetheless, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared angrily on X: "Conversion therapy is discredited junk science that inflicts harm on LGBTQ youth." Based on a growing body of research, it is clear that Newsom's statement could be applied, without amendment, to "gender-affirming…...