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Jul 9, 2025
Inspired by a true story, Andy Fowler's "The Condemned" tells the tale of an American priest in a small, northern Mexican town beset by cartel violence. But running throughout all of...
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Jul 7, 2025
How do you approach the future? The old joke about economists (attributed to the late Paul Samuelson) is that they have successfully predicted nine of the last five recessions. Some...
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Jun 23, 2025
I am certainly glad that the Trump Administration is doing its best to crush the ideology of DEI—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. While the terms themselves can be used in...
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Jun 12, 2025
Never judge a book, we are told, solely by its cover. Nor should we do so by its bibliographical information. While Shemaiah Gonzalez’s first book is published under the...
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Jun 11, 2025
2024 was a year of anniversaries for 1928 Nobel Prize winner and Catholic convert, Sigrid Undset. The Feast of All Saints marked the centenary of her reception into the Catholic...
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Jun 6, 2025
May 20 marked the 1700th anniversary of the beginning of the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. June 19 marks the date of the drawing up of the “Symbol” or “Nicene...
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Mar 31, 2025
The Lenten journey is one of following Christ. Throughout the ages, a great many Lenten hymns, prayers, and devotions involving Mary have developed. That’s not surprising at...
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Mar 7, 2025
“What are you doing for Lent?”
It’s a good question. Parents often ask their children. Friends ask each other. If we haven’t been preparing...
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Feb 24, 2025
The Catholic world can thank Jennifer S. Bryson for her labor of love in bringing into English translation a large selection of the works of Ida Friederike Görres (1901-71). A...
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Feb 13, 2025
Many Christians are scandalized or crying “I told you so” in the wake of the Trump Administration’s examination of the number and type of grants given to supposedly...
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Jan 2, 2025
It’s pretty odd, isn’t it? In our age in which all sorts of things having to do with our private parts are shouted from TikTok and blared from the YouTube channel, we...
