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A new appreciation for the “Prince of Paradox”
ABCs of the Christian Life is an introduction to Chesterton for people who haven’t read him, or a kind of synthesis for those who have and […]
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The astonishing, sometimes tragic story of Antoni Gaudí’s fantastic obsession
In his book, The Sagrada Família: The Astonishing Story of Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece, Dutch art historian Gijs van Hensbergen has given us a “biography” of […]
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Motown and the turbocharged Church
Archbishop Vigneron and the priests and people of the Archdiocese of Detroit have faced the facts: Catholicism-by-osmosis – Catholicism passed along by the old ethno-cultural […]
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Kenyan bishops call for peace in disputed presidential election aftermath
The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops is calling for peace and unity in the country, following the conclusion of general elections held on August 8. A day after the incumbent, President Uhuru Kenyatta, was declared […]
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Time for frank talk about the sewage, filth of the sexual revolution
The other day I happened to find out about the recent death of the first person who ever approached me and asked for sex. I am sorry to put it in those ugly words, but […]
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“Fear is a greater evil than the evil itself”
Readings: • 1 Kngs 19:9A, 11-13A • Psa 85:9, 10, 11-12, 13-14 • Rom 9:1-5 • Mt 14:22-33 There are many temptations and sins that can harm, or even destroy, our communion with God. There are […]
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Come over here and say that
Austen Ivereigh, in one of the most embarrassing essays Crux has ever run, recently smeared seven talented Catholic commentators as suffering from ‘convert neurosis’. Not once in passing, but repeatedly, Ivereigh uses ‘neurosis’ and ‘neurotic’ in regard to some seven […]
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Divorced from religious life?
I’ve seen it too often. A young Catholic man or woman leaves the seminary or novitiate and then leaves the Church altogether. Why does this happen? The priesthood and religious life are noble vocations, but […]
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Musings on the gift and grace of conversion
“A convert is undeniably in favour with no party; he is looked at with distrust, contempt, and aversion by all. His former friends think him a good riddance, and his new friends are cold and […]
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New book debates if and how Islam can be modernized
What is the next most difficult thing after criticizing Islam? Publishing a book about practicing Muslims who do. Encounter Books, a publisher with a strong record of provocative titles and consistent intellectual quality, brings us […]