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Notre Dame de la France

On April 16, the day after the devastating fire that destroyed the 850-year-old frame constructed of French oak (and known as “the forest,” owing to the 52 acres from which it was harvested), the roofing, […]

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On the composting of thee and me

May 8, 2019 George Weigel 4

In Herman Wouk’s novel, War and Remembrance, Warren Henry shocks his Bible-reading father, the novel’s hero, by claiming that human beings are “microbes on a grain of dust…and when it’s over we’re just dead meat.” […]

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Premature Canonization

May 7, 2019 Nick Olszyk 9

MPAA Rating: NR at the time of this review USCCB Rating: A-II Reel Rating: 2 out of 5 reels Although I am a lifelong Catholic, my only connections whatsoever to the University of Notre Dame […]