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A show of hands—who heard “Immaculate Mary” sung at Mass today for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? A lovely hymn, and I certainly won’t knock it—but this traditional Basque carol is what always plays […]
A show of hands—who heard “Immaculate Mary” sung at Mass today for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception? A lovely hymn, and I certainly won’t knock it—but this traditional Basque carol is what always plays […]
Several months ago I was invited to contribute to a festschrift in honor of a dear friend of mine, a well-known Christian philosopher who is a professor at a well-known Evangelical university. I was, of […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, 7 December 2012 (VIS) – Benedict XVI today received in audience the members of the International Theological Commission following their plenary session. The Pope expressed his appreciation for the […]
“In Tolkien’s view the important secret of the human heart is this longing for the real happy ending. And the most important thing about this longing is that it can be satisfied.” — Richard Purtill, […]
In the last several months I’ve been discussing the problems Catholics face dealing with public life today. The recent election underlined some of them. The bishops and others made their pitch about threats to the […]
Hurricane Sandy, now known as Superstorm Sandy, hit New Jersey on October 29, 2012. What was at first a tropical storm quickly escalated to a Category 2 hurricane. It is the largest Atlantic hurricane on […]
Dave Brubeck, legendary jazz pianist and pioneer, died earlier today on the cusp of his 92nd birthday. From the Chicago Tribune: Dave Brubeck, a jazz musician who attained pop-star acclaim with recordings such as “Take […]
From Vatican Information Service: Vatican City, (VIS) – God’s “benevolent plan” for mankind, which begins St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, was the theme of the Holy Father’s catechesis at today’s general audience. The great […]
Jonathan V. Last, editor of the Weekly Standard and author of the forthcoming book, What to Expect When No One’s Expecting (Encounter, 2013), comments in his e-letter today about the recent report from the Pew […]
“The time may come when we date the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet system from the appearance of Gulag,” wrote a German reviewer of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece, The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment […]
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