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“I am Joan and I love you”
There had to be men and women saints of all kinds. And today. . . we ought perhaps to have saints of yet another kind. — Charles Peguy, The Mystery of the Charity of Joan […]
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Peter Kreeft’s spiritual autobiography is insightful and entertaining
Unless you pay much attention to the tiny subculture that is Catholic-Calvinist ecumenical debate and apologetics, you likely wouldn’t know that the discussions can get quite heated and personal. When one respected Presbyterian pastor and […]
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New Vision book tells the inspiring story of Fr. Michael McGivney
The Vision series of lives of the saints chapter books has been inspiring young people for decades now. The original series was published in the middle of the 20th century, featuring saints including Joan of Arc, Dominic, Kateri […]
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The Christian Criticism of T.S. Eliot
I For the young to understand the esteem in which T.S. Eliot (1882-1965) was held from the 1920s to the 1980s, they would need to exercise a degree of historical imagination that most of them […]
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Cardinal Francis George’s timely and timeless vision for the Church
Holy Thursday, April 17, marked the tenth anniversary of Cardinal Francis George’s death after a lengthy battle with cancer. In the past decade, Catholics—especially American Catholics—have suffered from his absence. With his keen intellect, deep […]
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What sort of pope does the Church need now? An interview with George Weigel
Is the book The Next Pope, written by George Weigel—biographer of Pope John Paul II and author of over twenty books—meant to be a politicking guide to the next papal conclave? A vetting of possible […]
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Musings on a Starry Night is a constellation of brilliant essays by Thomas Howard
Thomas Howard was a fascinating figure and a tremendously prolific author. He died in 2020 at the age of 85, after a long and successful career as an English professor, writer, critic, and apologist of […]
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Prayers for Catholic Men aims to help men deepen their relationship with God
What does it mean to be a man? How are Catholic men supposed to navigate the tumultuous world we live in today? And what role does prayer play in that challenging task? The Catholic tradition […]
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Knowing and rejecting the Ideological Lie: An interview with Daniel J. Mahoney
Daniel J. Mahoney is a professor emeritus at Assumption University, where he taught from 1986 until 2021. He received his B.A. from the College of Holy Cross and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Catholic University […]
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Solving crimes and saving souls: Fiorella de Maria discusses the Father Gabriel mysteries
Detective stories have been a popular and fascinating genre of fiction for decades, going back to the mid-nineteenth century. From Sherlock Holmes to Father Brown, from Miss Marple to Hercule Poirot, from Nero Wolfe to The Maltese […]