The Joy of the Truth

Ellen Goodman begins her diatribe against the ban on partial-birth abortion by referring to a historical Supreme Court case (under Justice Joseph P. Bradley) that ruled that women are unfit for public life because working outside of the home is contrary...

It's time to rebrand the `L-word' - 06/24/2007 - MiamiHerald.com What's interesting, says Waldman, is that whether or not they accept the L-word, Americans are clearly moving further left all the time. For example, 30 years ago, conservatives and liberals...

I'm awfully critical of Ellen Goodman's political and moral ideals. Nonetheless, I find myself quite attracted to her personal life, when she writes about it. She wrote one article about how gardening makes her feel close to the land and more involved...

One of the criticisms of wider acceptance for the "extraordinary form of the Latin rite of the Mass" is that the prayer for the conversion of the Jews found in the Good Friday prayers of petition is anti-semitic. The Vatican has assured that this prayer...

In our diocesan newspaper, one person concerned about the motu proprio allowing for the widespread celebration of the Tridentine Latin Mass wrote in her letter to the editor, Then Vatican II came - and what joy. "We the people" had real meaning. The...