Hinge Moments in History

NOTE: Henry V & St. Crispin in SnapShots
Over the years I’ve read historians who surmise that our forebears rarely knew when they stood at the hinge of history–those key moments that made the turn for this or that direction for a people, a nation, an era.
I’m not so sure. In Shakespeare’s Henry V [...]

Europe in Anguish: Benedict XVI

Note: Please Check News Digest for links to several Euro stories.
‘Ratzinger advances steadily and inscrutably through history like a Panzer crossing enemy terrain, unflinchingly recording his Church’s losses and gradual collapse.‘

DOMENICO [...]

Pope Benedict’s Papal Visit

TRANSCRIPTS OF ALL THE PAPAL TALKS IN AMERICA ARE HERE

AN ASTOUNDING talk given by the Pope to young people–particularly worth reading–at Fr. Z’s blog, here
The Pope’s Thursday homily at the National’s Stadium
There are a zillion bloggers typing furiously–piling up words on their blogs about this historic visit.
Many will express surprise, some relief at the [...]

Wisdom in The Ruins

Note: Fr. Joseph Fessio’s TV schedule during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in USA is here
See my Ignatius Insight article on Fr. Schall and Georgetown University’s New Tocqueville Forum here

If you live near Washington D.C.

The Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy cordially invites you to

“There Was a Man!
On Learning to Be Free”

A lecture in conjunction with the conferral of the

First Annual Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.
Award for Teaching and Humane Letters

Upon

Ralph M. McInerny
Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies
University of Notre [...]