Miscellanea

Rob Vischer writes, in his post below,  that "the family ... is ... the community where the human person loves most deeply, sacrifices most nobly, and relates most authentically."  Taken as, in part, an autobiographical statement, we can all envy Rob.  But surely, and sadly, there are many whose autobiographies would lead them to find a greater resonance in something the British psychoanalyst R.D. Laing said about familes, namely, that they are machines for the making of crazy people.

In any event, for the theologically inclined among MOJ readers, there is a terrific article in the new issue of Modern Theology:  Lieven Boeve, "Europe in Crisis:  A Question of Belief or Unbelief?  Perspectives from the Vatican," 23:2 (April 2007), 205-27.