Interview
Interview
Interview
Everywhere and Always
Pope Benedict XVI has to parcel out his time in such small bits that even heads of state normally get no more than a brief 20 minutes’ audience. But after the Holy Father announced the […]
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Incalculable Damage
Donna Steichen, age 81, is a prominent Catholic author and journalist. Originally from St. Cloud, Minnesota, today she lives in Ojai, California. She married her husband Roy 60 years ago, and the couple has four […]
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At the Service of the Church
Thomas Peters is the owner of the popular Catholic insider blog American Papist (www.americanpapist.com/blog.html), which recently received its two millionth visitor. Peters has attracted a large audience by regularly giving readers smart, quick news and […]
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Awaiting the Rupture
Richard Dooling’s website describes him as “Part man, part beast, part novelist, part screenwriter, part lawyer and law school professor, part computer programming hobbyist, part word, book, and film lover.” Outside of his hometown of […]
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The Return of Blasphemy Laws
Christopher Caldwell is a political writer whose work has appeared in, among other publications, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The American Spectator. He writes a weekly column for the Financial Times and serves as […]
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The Battle for God
Cardinal George Pell has led the Archdiocese of Sydney for 10 years. He spoke to CWR about his tenure and the state of the Church in Australia. This year marks your 10th as archbishop of […]
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A Cultural Conservative at the New York Times?
Earlier this year, Ross Douthat left the Atlantic and became, at the age of 29, the newest columnist for the New York Times op-ed page. He is also the film critic for National Review, author […]
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A Curious Mix of Sophistication, Sin, and Piety
When an agnostic professor from a secular university writes a book defending the Catholic Church and draws upon sociology for that defense, it gets noticed and inspires fans to look forward to his next debunking […]
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A Window on the transcendent
On November 29, the record label Geffen/Universal will release “Alma Mater (Music from the Vatican),” which features the voice of Pope Benedict XVI “reciting and singing passages and prayers, accompanied by the Choir of the […]