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“Monkey See, Monkey Do”

July 14, 2014 Nick Olszyk 0

MPAA Rating: PG-13 USCCB Rating: A-III Reel Rating:    (4 reels out of 5) In its Genesis-like account of a new sentient race, 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes served as the Creation story in […]

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Hope Dies Hard: The Ballad of LeBron James

July 12, 2014 James Day 0

Bill Simmons’ July 11th article about basketball star LeBron James is entitled “God Loves Cleveland”. Everyone remotely interested in basketball knows the story of LeBron and Cleveland: his wunderkind prowess, his straight-to-NBA (Cleveland Cavaliers)-from-high school […]

Ecclesia et Civitas

The World and the Church

July 11, 2014 James Kalb 0

In his speech closing the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI noted that “the trend of modern culture” is “centered on humanity, … the modern mind” is “accustomed to assess everything in terms of usefulness,” […]

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Cricket and Diplomacy

July 9, 2014 Joanna Bogle 0

He is a tall, cheerful, articulate, and thoughtful Australian, a father of six, and a successful lawyer.  One of his sons is a priest, a fact of which he is quietly but very evidently proud. […]