by jpitney | May 11, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Religion
George Weigel at First Things: As of May 15, Catholic journalists around the world will be able to count one of their number among the saints, as Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite killed at the Dachau concentration camp in 1942, is canonized in St. Peter’s Square. At...
by jpitney | May 2, 2022 | Civility, Religion
David French: The ethos of our modern political culture can be summed up in a single sentence: “Do unto others more than they have done unto us.” This is the essence of cancel culture, for example. Are we bothered (or even hurt) by someone else’s speech? Then they...
by jpitney | Apr 17, 2022 | Civility, Religion
Christ died and rose from death for all—we are His family, all of us. Of course, profound gratitude, but also profound implications for the way we are to express it: kindness, forgiving, caring, honesty, virtue and love. We are to rise from malice as He rose from...
by jpitney | Apr 10, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Religion
Michelle Martin at Chicago Catholic: When Father Manuel Dorantes celebrated a Mass for the journalists who have been killed in the war in Ukraine April 3, he did so with the intention of honoring all journalists and their vocation of seeking truth. “There can be no...
by jpitney | Apr 4, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Religion, Russia, Ukraine
Philip Pullella at Reuters: Pope Francis paid tribute on Sunday to journalists killed during the Ukraine war saying he hoped God would reward them for serving the common good whatever side they were on. Speaking to journalists aboard the plane returning from Malta,...
by jpitney | Jan 17, 2022 | civic virtue, Civil Rights, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Patriotism, Religion
The “I Have a Dream” speech contains many references and allusions to key ideas, sites, and documents of American civic culture. The text below contains relevant links in red. Many passages in the speech refer or allude to Bible verses, spiritual songs,...
