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Catholic Composers: Hildegard von Bingen
The life of this mystic, composer, and saint was in many ways as tumultuous as the era in which she lived. […]
Articles by Paul Senz
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Living the Marian Option in an age of anti-Mary
“Women have opened themselves up to a spirit that in no way reflects the values we can attribute to Our Lady. There is open opposition […]
Features
“Without the Eucharist, we can’t exist”: Reviving beauty and reverence in the Mass
The annual Sacred Liturgy Conference – with inspiring talks, gorgeous music, and beautiful liturgies – comes again to western Oregon […]
Features
Bishop Athanasius Schneider discusses liturgy, priesthood, doctrinal confusion, immigration, Synod on the Youth
“When people are really persecuted, you need to help them. But as for the phenomenon of the European so-called immigration, it is clear and evident […]
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Going “further up and further in” to Narnia with Joseph Pearce
“In reading The Chronicles of Narnia,” says the prolific biographer and critic, “we find ourselves in the presence of great and necessary truths.” […]
Interview
Ross Douthat on Francis’ pontificate: “We live in interesting times as Catholics”
The New York Times columnist and author of To Change the Church discusses his new book on the Pope, and what he hopes his liberal and secular […]
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Catholicism during the Colonial period: An interview with Fr. Charles Connor
“I really don’t think,” says Fr. Connor, author of a new history of Catholicism during the colonial period, “our Catholic people know sufficiently how much […]
Features
The story of The Godmother, advisor to Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII “did more than anybody in the world ever did for the Jews,” says Fr. Charles Murr, author of a book about his […]
Special Report
Holy Family Hospital: An “oasis of peace” near the birthplace of Jesus Christ
An interview with Michele Burke Bowe, the President of the Holy Family Hospital Foundation, about the only Catholic maternity hospital in the West Bank area. […]
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The influence of Benedict XVI on Cardinals Müller and Sarah
Books by the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the current Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the […]