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...author of Scared of the Kids? , a book published in the U.K. in 2001, I am well aware of the concern about young people. A key question that is rarely raised when discussing young people is, What has changed about adults? Rather than asking what has happened to the young, we should be asking why adults have become cowards. Why do those on the left see "having a go" as vigilantism? Why do we rely on the police to deal with young people on the streets, the vast majority of whom are not criminals in any shape or form...
...commentary Wednesday following a prayer service to American bishops at the capital's National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Of course, the Bishop of Rome is very much the first among equals in this ecclesiastical fraternity, the boss from Rome paying a visit to one of his the key affiliates. Indeed, one should look at this speech much as if Benedict were a CEO making a major address to upper management, his words as a kind of spiritual "action plan." As always, improving the organization involves the kind of frank talk that the CEO usually likes to keep behind closed...
...society which markets any number of recipes for human fulfillment." Said he: "I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people who, despite their constant exposure to messages contrary to the Gospel, continue to thirst for authenticity, goodness and truth." Key to all this is prayer itself, which can even address the nagging vocations shortage in America by allowing a would-be priest to know that it is his destiny. "If they know how to pray, they can be trusted to know what to do with God's call...
Brown's low-key style of advocacy on such issues, however, has done him little good at home. He is battling splits within his party and is braced for an electoral mauling in civic and mayoral elections on May 1. A poll for the Sunday Times newspaper, published on April 13, put support for the Conservative opposition at 44% to Labour's 28% and showed that Brown's personal ratings have plummeted...
...decided in the realm of politics. Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a senior Republican who recently visited Syria, last week publicly suggested that the U.N. inquiry into Hariri's killing could be reduced in scope in exchange for greater security and political cooperation from Damascus in key areas of U.S. concern. Specter said he had been told by King Abdullah of Jordan that "the item that is most on the mind of President Bashar Assad is the action of the international tribunal which could lead to his indictment." But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice quickly slapped down Specter's proposal...