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Guy Consolmagno on Science and Religion

David Freeman writing yesterday in the Science section of the Huffington Post, How A Vatican Astronomer Views The Science-Religion Divide: In an interview with HuffPost Science editor David Freeman,...

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Scientific truth is a pathway to God

As the Huffington Post describes him: Br. Guy Consolmagno SJ is an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory and president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he has two...

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Utter hogwash

It has been mentioned at least twice in comments to postings in this blog. So here is a good article by Greg Carey (pictured) that appears in the Huffington Post: Just this week another Jesus hoax has...

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A Miracle Debate

They recognized that a universe in which miracles are possible is a world in which science, strictly understood, is impossible. You may wish to read Why I believe in miracles by Matt K. Lewis (pictured...

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The haters are, almost by definition, stupid.

The Virtues of Know-Nothing Criticism by Noah Berlatsky (pictured) appearing in the Los Angeles Review of Books on New Year’s eve has nothing to do with the Shroud of Turin and perhaps everything to do...

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What Hath the Internet Wrought? Don’t Forget the Links

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It Continues: James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus

Liz Klimas writes in The Blaze: Inscribed on a stone box are the words at the center of more than a decade of religious and scholarly controversy: “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.” These words...

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Off Topic: Descent from the Cross

I’ve long been a fan of Marc Chagall, the Russian Jewish 20th Century modernist. Right now, through February 2, there is an exhibit, Chagall: Love, War, and Exile at the Jewish Museum on Manhattan’s...

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Speaking of “our own” commenters in the big papers

You need to click on the picture to see this screenshot from the New York Times in its full size. Recognize John Klotz, there? His comment has been featured. And it should be. Here is the link to the...

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Off Topic Warning: About the Eucharist and Then Some

I will certainly be accused of going off-topic. Okay. Yes. But. And then again, I can do it anyway. It is interesting. Many times when I read or hear something profound about the Eucharist, I am...

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