Ecclesia et Civitas

The State and the Sacred

September 17, 2012 James Kalb 0

Every functional society is based on a system of common understandings about man, the world, and the common good. Otherwise those who take part in it won’t be able to cooperate effectively in the network […]

Sojourns with Schall

What Is America Today?

September 17, 2012 James V. Schall, S.J. 0

If we Americans listen to our own music, we hear that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave. We have purple mountains and amber waves of grain. “God bless […]

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Benedict in Lebanon: Day 3

September 16, 2012 Catherine Harmon 0

The main event of the third and final day of Pope Benedict’s apostolic journey to Lebanon was an open-air Mass with several hundred thousand attendees at the Beirut City Center Waterfront. During his homily (full […]

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Benedict in Lebanon, Day 2

September 15, 2012 Catherine Harmon 0

The second day of Pope Benedict’s apostolic journey to Lebanon featured two of his most highly anticipated addresses, one delivered to politicians, diplomats, and religious and cultural leaders and one addressed to a gathering of […]