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Beowulf and the thumos of Catholic manhood

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Over the past few weeks I’ve delved into the treasure halls of Peter Ramey’s new translation of an ancient epic, Beowulf. As I wade through the “word hoard,” I find myself immersed in a world […]

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I (Pope Francis) was thinking of doing it (visit Mexico) because I wanted to enter the United States through the Mexican border. But if I went through Ciudad Juárez, for example, and entered there, or […]

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