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To Rome through Mecca
It has long been the practice for Christians and Muslims to look at what they have in common. David Pinault suggests that a better way […]
Sojourns with Schall
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On the World Cup and the animal that plays
The man who has no room for play or sports in any form misses much of what we are. […]
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“May he now come in the presence of God Himself, the source of life and being”
Sermon at the Funeral Mass of Jerome Timothy Schall, given at St. Mark’s Church in Boise, Idaho, on June 21, 2018. […]
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The Plain Truth: Leon Kass on just about everything
Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times reveals that we have arrived at a point where what is actually anti-human is politically defined and […]
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“Find your own Calcutta”: On Betsy DeVos’ address at Ave Maria University
Service has the connotation of some event or deed happening mainly from a spirit of generosity, not from pay or coercion. At the heart of […]
Sojourns with Schall
Suffering, salvation, and the mystery of an imperfect world
God cannot make us free and then make it absolutely certain that we do not reject Him. The whole point of divine and human love […]
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On the purpose of politics and the salvation of souls
The ultimate purpose of Christian revelation was not to improve the world but to explain the final destiny of each existing person. The purpose of […]
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Soccer as a theological question: On the Pope’s return from Myanmar and Bangladesh
What struck me about this particular interview, given this past Saturday, was the lack of any mention of the need of sacraments, of transcendent concerns, […]
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On the Creases of Being
Monsignor Robert Sokolowski’s insightful Moral Action is, in a sense, is a polemic against the subjectivizing of moral action as if the word or act we put […]
Sojourns with Schall
“The Light of Christ” is far more than an “Introduction”
Fr. Thomas Joseph White’s new book is an erudite, rich, and accessible guide to Catholicism that demonstrates in the inner cohesion and profound logic of the […]