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Now the Battle for Notre Dame Begins

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The ashes have cooled. The firemen did their jobs. Within hours they were able to stop the flames from consuming the building and minimize the damage to the structure and its treasures. But now the […]

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The “Cassocked Shadow” of Richard Wilbur

February 5, 2018 James Matthew Wilson 0

A New England poet of nature, indeed, but something must also be said for Wilbur’s Catholic vision of the poet. […]

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