As the Copenhagen Climate Conference moves into its crucial final week, the Vatican has released Pope Benedict’s annual Message for the World Day of Peace. It is dedicated to environmental responsibility, and concludes: If you want to cultivate peace,...

The new issue is now on the Web, making this the perfect time to acquaint yourself with our newly redesigned Web site. Here’s what everyone can read: Our editorial on the president’s plan for Afghanistan: “Obama’s Surge“ A second editorial on the new...

The military spin- down from President Obama’s Afghan decision to give them what General McChrystal asked for is sobering to watch. According to the NYTimes, “General Rodriguez did not back away from

Recently, on this blog, David Gibson has suggested an interpretation of Obama’s Nobel Speech in light of Niebuhr’s Christian realism, which I pointed out is also a favorite trope of George Weigel.  In the NYTimes today, David Brooks also reads Obama...

Sandro Magister, on his Chiesa website, reports on a conference in Rome that brought together philosophers, theologians, scientists, and artists to discuss the topic: “God Today.” It was sponsored by the Italian Episcopal Conference and was the...