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Martyrs on the Fourth of July

July 4, 2016 Dr. Leroy Huizenga 0

A pall hangs over this Fourth of July celebration, as progressive developments in the realm of law and politics threaten historic liberties: our fundamental freedoms of speech, of assembly, of self-defense, of due process, of […]

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How Strange is the Cross

June 28, 2016 Bishop Robert Barron 0

Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion is one of the most stimulating and thought-provoking books of theology that I have read in the past ten years. Both an academic and a well-regarded preacher in the Episcopal tradition, Rutledge has […]

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Confessions of an “elitist”

June 22, 2016 George Weigel 0

The term “elitist” has been bandied about so promiscuously in this election cycle that it’s become virtually content-free. Yet “elitist” is also being weaponized as a scare-word to prevent legitimate criticism of ideas, attitudes, and […]

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My Father’s Questions

June 19, 2016 George J. Galloway 0

The TV sitcom Father Knows Best, which ran from 1954 to 1960, starred the lovable Robert Young (later everybody’s favorite TV family practitioner, Dr. Marcus Welby) and the beautiful Jane Wyatt, as the ideal couple […]

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Thirsting, Seeing, and Believing

June 18, 2016 Carl E. Olson 0

Readings: • Zec 12:10-11; 13:1 • Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 • Gal 3:26-29 • Lk 9:18-24 St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) produced several profound works of mystical theology, filled with powerful descriptions of […]

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Two Catholics and the Catholic game

June 15, 2016 George Weigel 0

Baseball is by far the most Catholic of the sports on which we lavish such attention and passion. Because it’s played without a clock, baseball is like the liturgy: a foretaste of the time-beyond-time, which […]