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Making the Case for Catholic Education

November 15, 2015 Christopher S. Morrissey 0

Dr. Ryan N.S. Topping has written for numerous publications on a variety of Catholic themes and figures, including St. Augustine, Dante, and G.K. Chesterton, and is the author of six books, including most recently Renewing […]

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René Girard and Desire Wars: The Grudge Awakens

November 9, 2015 Christopher S. Morrissey 0

One of the greatest Catholic thinkers of our time, Professor René Girard, has died. He left this world at 91 years of age, on November 4, in Stanford, California. One of the things Girard wrote […]

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