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“Fundamentally a missionary”: New book captures Bishop Barron’s evangelistic vision

January 12, 2018 Gregory J. Sullivan 16

A review of To Light a Fire on the Earth: Proclaiming the Gospel in a Secular Age, by Bishop Robert Barron, with John L. Allen, Jr. […]

Analysis

How and why the death penalty deters murder in contemporary America

January 4, 2018 Joseph M. Bessette 45

Too many churchmen simply ignore the evidence that the death penalty saves lives and promotes public order. Catholic public officials charged with the care of the […]

The Dispatch

The first guide for Advent: St. John the Baptist

December 3, 2017 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 5

Silence bespeaks expediency, complicity, and cowardice, and John the Baptist never kept silent, for even in the womb he announced the truth of Christ (cf. […]

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On teaching the liberal arts

September 14, 2017 James Matthew Wilson 3

My maturation as a professor came when I learned to love ideas more by way of coming to love them through—in pilgrimage with, in communion […]

General

Superheroes? Stardust? Or vessels of the Incarnation?

September 6, 2017 George Weigel 1

The temptation to use knowledge to break through the seemingly built-in limitations of the human condition, creating superheroes and making the world anew, has been […]

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Musing on the Teeth of St. Ambrose

August 1, 2017 Bishop Robert Barron 6

I write these words from Milan, Italy, where I am with my Word on Fire team filming new episodes for our Pivotal Players series. I’ve seen lots of marvelous things on this trip, including the ruins of […]

Features

Want to change the world? It starts with joy, Archbishop Chaput says

July 27, 2017 CNA Daily News 13

Napa, Calif., Jul 27, 2017 / 04:40 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a world that can sometimes seem disheartening, Christians have a path to the future in lives of joy and love, Archbishop Chaput said Thursday.

While Christians need to see the world’s pr… […]

The Dispatch

Peter Kreeft’s book introduces readers to the brilliance—and questions—of St. Augustine

May 5, 2017 Paul Senz 0

St. Augustine was undoubtedly one of the most brilliant and gifted men to have ever lived—and we are fortunate that he left such a wealth of his brilliance in his many and varied writings. A […]

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