From Ethika Politika, our friends, and around the web.

Taken together, the idea of a parish is a space created to welcome the Christian believer and to invite him to prayerful rest in the sacramental encounter with the Lord.

“Music has always possessed a force of enchantment. It has always been a pathway to the divine. We have mostly forgotten that in the present day, when music is perceived merely as a source of diversion and entertainment.”

Will increasing access to safe, easy, and clinical abortion procedures in Uganda actually improve maternal mortality rates?

The “Yes” victory in the Irish referendum changes nothing. Aodhán O Ríordáin is right when he says that “marriage isn’t changing” because no law, not even one passed by a popular vote, can do that.

Anyone who has excelled at something knows the dark truth of its high costs and fleeting rewards. Surely we must reject at least a few conventions that draw and quarter life into oblivion, excellence be damned.

The principles of “divine reading” apply not only to the Scripture but also our daily lives. If we practice them, they can aid not only in acquiring virtue but also our salvation.

This week from Ethika Politika, our friends, and around the web.