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In the spring of 1945, as a humiliated Germany was being defeated by the Allies, two of the finest German intellectuals of the postwar era – Günter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger – apparently met in […]

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I am grateful to Fr. Stravinskas for his response to my critique of his CWR essay on Spiritus Domini. While not wanting to extend the conversation ad infinitum, I would offer the following thoughts in response […]

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