CNN's Belief Blog featured Father Barron's commentary on the new autobiography and the recent diagnosis of Atheist writer, Christopher Hitchens. Read more below.
Perhaps you’ve heard of Christopher Hitchens. He is a British writer and cultural commentator who lives and works in Washington, D.C. For decades now, he has been observing the political/societal scene and writing about it in a particularly insightful, witty, and acerbic manner.
Early in his career, he was something of a Trotskyite, but in the years following September 11th, he emerged as a strong advocate of the Iraq war and, much to the chagrin of his colleagues on the left, a supporter of George W. Bush. He is best known, certainly, for his recent contributions as a critic of religion. His book God is Not Great: Why Religion Poisons Everything appeared a couple of years ago and proved to be a bestseller...