Sojourns with Schall
Do Christians Love Poverty?
Insisting that the only thing the poor need is bread consigns them to a world without signs of transcendence. […]
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Francis to Brazilian bishops: “Are we still a Church capable of leading people back to Jerusalem?”
Delivering the longest and most detailed address of his pontificate to date—which clocks in at more than 4,000 words—Pope Francis today addressed the bishops of Brazil at the residence of the archbishop of Rio de […]
Editorial
Throwing Down the Gauntlet of Faith
“The future is made wherever people find their way to one another in life-shaping convictions. And a good future grows wherever these convictions come from the truth and lead to it.” — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, […]
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No Faith, No Freedom. Know Faith, Know Freedom.
“The state of Maryland was the first experiment in religious freedom in human history. Lord Baltimore and his Catholics were a long march ahead of William Penn and his Quakers on what is now called […]
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Editorial
Carl’s Cuts for the End of May
More cuts! My goal is to post such cuts once a week. Last week, I missed the cut. Here goes! • From Andrew Fitzgerald, a day after the horrific tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma: Oklahoma City […]
Film & Music
The Glorious Chant of “Angels and Saints at Ephesus”
Everybody likes singing Sisters. I remember as a child hearing the music that my mother liked to play. They were vinyl records and sometimes my memory can still recreate the voices of those women religious. […]
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When will the media turn on Pope Francis?
Sandro Magister’s most recent piece, “The Spell of Pope Francis”, reflects on something that has interested me since the election of the new pontiff, summarized in this way by the Italian journalist: “This benevolence of […]
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Church teaching on “same sex marriage” is clear—unless you’re a journalist.
Back on March 27th, Dr. Ed Peters posted “A primer on Church teaching regarding ‘same-sex marriage’”, which said nothing that should have come as a surprise to knowledgeable Catholics or anyone with a decent familiarity with […]
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Magdi Allam’s open letter to Pope Francis
After having announced “urbi et orbi” his decision to leave the Catholic Church after five years as a convert from Islam to Catholicism, prominent Italian journalist Magdi Allam elaborated on the issue in an open […]