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“Liturgizing is a work of Christ in man”: An interview with David Fagerberg

July 2, 2021 Carl E. Olson 7

David Fagerberg is Professor in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he has been since 2003. After earning an M.A., M.Phil., and PhD. from Yale University, he taught in the […]

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Fidelity or Idolatry? The conflict behind us, the crisis among us, the choice before us

January 7, 2019 Carl E. Olson 37

“Idolatry not only refers to false pagan worship. It remains a constant temptation to faith. Idolatry consists in divinizing what is not God.” — Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2113 “For the grace of God has […]

The Dispatch

Domesticating the divinity

August 30, 2017 George Weigel 7

In this twenty-first century, we are no less tempted to domesticate God, and thus to sink into a shallow religious indifference or insouciance, than our […]

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Scotland’s Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who resigned last week amid allegations that he had engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior stretching back 30 years, this weekend released a statement admitting to sexual misconduct. From the UK Guardian: […]

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