Letter to the Editor: March 2009

Apostolic Penitentiary?... Why Parental Notification Was Defeated in California... A 'Brazen' Bishop... Welcome to Political Oblivion... How Did the Bishops Vote?... The Supreme Infraction of the Moral Law... Framing Abortion as a Human-Rights Issue... and more

The News You May Have Missed

READ ALL ABOUT IT...

Michael S. Rose

Atheist Evangelization... Faking Motherhood... Biohacking... Ladies or Gentlemen... The Fickle Gender... Our Lady of the Lava Lamp... Don't Do the Hokey Cokey... The Obama Stimulous Package

New Oxford Notes: March 2009

Strange Spirits & Alien Gods... Pope Benedict's Tightrope Act... Avery Cardinal Dulles & Fr. Richard John Neuhaus: In Memoriam...

Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body

A PRIMER

Brian Thomas Becket Mullady

The grace of marriage allows the parties to become one flesh and calls forth from them the same love Christ has for His Church.

Pope Benedict's Surprise

LET THEM COME TO ST. RADEGUND

James M. Thunder

Franz Jagerstatter was a martyr because he defended two ancient Christian doctrines, those concerning "free will" and "just war."

Recovering the Virtue of Prudence in an Age of Fraud

LAST THINGS

Tom Bethell

It's a strange idea that a nation can spend its way to prosperity, but among economists it's not even controversial.

The Coronation of the Prophet of Peace

GUEST COLUMN

Margherita Marchione

Pius XII's first radio message to the world was: "Peace, gift of God, desired by all upright men, the fruit of love and justice." His appeals were not heeded.

Briefly: March 2009

Review of Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana... Awe-Filled Wonder: The Interface of Science and Spirituality... Ransomed from Darkness: The New Age, Christian Faith, and the Battle for Souls... The Quest for Shakespeare