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Lessons for Lent from the conversion of the Prodigal Son

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It is vital to grasp the twofold context in which St. Luke situates his account of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The first is the immediate context, which shows that the parable, preceded by […]

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Abp. Charles Chaput has written a lengthy and excellent review of Brad Gregory’s book, The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society, an important historical study that David Paul Deavel reviewed for CWR earlier […]

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