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Christ the King, Exalted by the Cross
Readings: • 1 Sam 5:1-3 • Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5 • Col 1:12-20 • Lk 23:35-43 “Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I […]
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Books
Recovering the Cosmos: The theological and spiritual vision of Fr. Louis Bouyer
Dr. Keith Lemna is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the Benedictine-run Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Southern Indiana, where he has taught for nearly a decade, having previously taught at The […]
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Cardinal Etchegaray, Henri de Lubac, and Vatican II
Last week, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray passed away. Perhaps his was not a household name, but this very decent man made a substantive contribution to the life of the Church, serving in a number of different […]
Analysis
The Vandals sack Rome….again
An exercise in raw intellectual vandalism has been underway in Rome since July 23: what was originally known as the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family has been peremptorily but systematically […]
Books
Revisiting “The Spirit of the Liturgy”
Last year was a year of many anniversaries. One that was perhaps less noticed was the fortieth anniversary of Ignatius Press. As part of that observance, its founder, Father Joseph Fessio, decided to reprint what […]
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If Dognetus and Bernanos were Synod Fathers
An anonymous letter publicized by Archbishop Chaput critiques the working paper for the Synod on Youth, Faith and Vocations, and then by some is dismissed and even humiliated because it is anonymous. What then of […]
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Answering the divine call to participate in the mercy of God
On the Readings for Sunday, June 15, 2018 […]
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The theological formation of Pope Francis
by Elise Harris | CNA […]
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“America” magazine’s survey of women in the Church
An intriguing finding of the survey is that most Catholic women consider the care for the poor and the Eucharist as the two most essential […]
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The crèche and the gap
The messiness of history is a caution against letting sentimentality take over Christmas; so are some challenging truths about Mary, Joseph, and their place in […]