The late Richard Lattimore’s moving translation of the New Testament has been published, for the first time in a single volume, by Northpoint Press, a division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux. The cover design, however, is jaw-dropping, as noticed by The New Criterion. The design is by Chip Kidd, one of the leading designers in … Read more
As the 104th Congress concludes, congratulations to the Honorable Christopher H. Smith for his work as Chairman of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus. Congressman Smith, in the words of the Deputy Director of the USCC, Mark J. Gallagher, “spearheaded these remarkable legislative advancements” for the unborn: restoring the exclusion of abortion coverage under the Federal Employees … Read more
By giving a first place award to Richard McBrien’s Encyclopedia of Catholicism, the Catholic Press Association again betrays its deep prejudice toward the Catholic left. Reviewing the encyclopedia in the January 1996 Crisis Russell Shaw wrote, “This encyclopedia is as free of bias as the well-known tower in Pisa and as reliable as a broken … Read more
Although the total number of priests across the globe continues to decline, the latest numbers show an increase of 1 percent in new ordinations for 1994. This steady increase in ordinations is expected to reduce the average age as well as the death rate of the world’s priest population. ___ Americans continue to get married … Read more
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops surveyed 1,000 U.S. voters, asking: “Would you support a law which would prohibit partial-birth abortion, except to save the mother’s life?” 57 percent responded with a “strong” yes, and 14 percent a “somewhat” yes. 13 percent were unsure, and only 16 percent said no. The NCCB also commissioned a … Read more
On September 29, 1995, a Washington jury ordered the Cult Awareness Network and three of its leading members (including its leading spokesman and “deprogrammer” Rick Ross) to pay $4,875,000 in damages to a member of a Pentecostal church who suffered a failed violent deprogramming by Ross in 1991. The court found that in kidnapping then … Read more
The December Crisis reported that LifeLine, a pro-life long distance carrier, had terminated its contract with Catholic Answers for reasons suggesting an anti-Catholic bias. Further communication has clarified the situation: The LifeLine salesperson who was responsible for the inflamatory letter has been terminated. LifeLine continues to serve a variety of Christian organizations, including numerous Catholic … Read more