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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Top 10 Catholic Heroes of the Super Bowl - Gerald KorsonProfessional football was long considered a “Catholic” sport, drawing rugged players from the working class blue-collar immigrant families of which a good percentage were at least culturally Catholic. Read more... Traveling like a Catholic - Joseph WoodSummer is on the way, and no doubt some readers are planning trips abroad. Read more... Trying to be Catholic - Micheline DrameStratford and Leonie Caldecott established the Centre for Faith & Culture some seven years ago. The Centre is now housed in Plater College at Oxford in the U.K. and is having some considerable influence. It all began as a kind of "evangelization of culture," explain the founders, in this interview with Catholic World Report. Read more... Turn up the Romance - Scott HahnI still remember the moment when I "got" Opus Dei. Read more... Two anniversaries of note - George WeigelTwo great American men of the church celebrated important anniversaries this month. Read more... Two faces of the Catholic imagination - Father Raymond J. de SouzaIt was a dash across the country from grandeur to simplicity, from the celebrated to the unremarked, from the soaring cathedral of Toronto to the parish church where I grew up. Read more... Two Popes - Raymond de SouzaThe twenty-fifth anniversary of John Paul II is an auspicious time to look back to Leo XIII, through the prism of the current pontificate, and rediscover a remarkable line of continuity between the two popes separated by exactly a century. Read more... Unlikely centre of attraction - Tracey RowlandPope Benedict XVI has a mysterious but very genuine appeal for Gen Y. A woman who is one of Australia's leading theologians explains why. Read more... Vaclav Havel's Dissident Criticism - Peter Augustine LawlerThe most powerful, courageous, penetrating, and eloquent dissident opponents of Communist tyranny were Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the Czech philosopher-playright-president Vaclav Havel (1936-December 18, 2011). Read more... Value prayer, silence, Pope urges - Father Raymond J. de SouzaThe largest single event in the history of Australia -- as with many countries, a papal event -- concluded with a rejuvenated Catholic community and the prospect of a softening in the hard edge of Australian secularism. Read more... Vanier: 'Close to a saint' - Charles LewisThe founder of L'Arche has spent nearly a lifetime championing the severely disabled. Read more... Victim Soul - Peggy NoonanWhat Pope John Paul II is teaching us through his suffering. Read more... Vindicated - Donald DeMarcoThe courageous man who saw how faith gave birth to science. Read more... Virginia's generous hero - Rex MurphyThere were threads of uplift to the shock and tragedy of the Virginia Tech shootings. Even the most extravagant horrors, we should be thankful, present instances of human generosity, courage and goodness. Read more... W.H. Auden - Rev. George RutlerW. H. Auden was only a few years older than I am now when in my early 20s he seemed to me half as old as time. Read more... Walter Ciszek - Rev. George W. RutlerBefore there was an Armistice Day, Walter Ciszek was born on November 11, 1904, and lived through a crucified century. Death came gracefully in 1984 on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Read more... Wanted: Good Men - Janet SmithMy dad died two years ago at the age of 88. He was, in many ways, a man typical of his generation. He was manly, responsible, dutiful and faithful. Read more... Watching Billy and the Pope - Terry MattinglyThe old voice was shaky and the pre-recorded tape was poor, but the Rev. Billy Graham's words hit home during the recent Nashville tribute to June and Johnny Cash. Read more... We Can All Relate - Peggy NoonanSoldiers, commanders, children, parents: The human face of a natural disaster. Read more... We Hardly Knew Her - National Catholic RegisterLike much of the world, the postulator of Mother Teresa's cause, Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, thought the story of Mother was summed up by her simple faith. The work he did revealed much more. Read more... Wellington Mara - Rev. George W. RutlerThe last time I saw Wellington Mara (1916-2005) dancing was at my birthday party. He and Ann, married more than 50 years, allowed that we had been good friends for more than 20 years because I held professional football in contempt and never asked them for tickets. Read more... WFB: In Memoriam - Rev. Robert A. SiricoHaving been my father’s remote control, I recall one Sunday afternoon in the 1960s being told to stop and back up to the “educational channel,” as it was called. Read more... What Benedict XVI Means - George WeigelThe election of Pope Benedict XVI means many things: a resounding affirmation of the pontificate of John Paul the Great; an overwhelming vote of confidence in Joseph Ratzinger, one of the great Christian minds and spirits of our time; dynamic continuity in the world’s oldest office. Read more... What did they talk about in the Ice Age? The weather, of course - Paul JohnsonThis is the time of year when I repeat Christina Rossetti's lines: Read more... What Evangelicals Can Learn From the Pope - Janice Shaw CrouseThe non-stop television coverage of Pope John Paul II’s death, and the retelling of his life as the final spark of his vibrant personality flickered and died, has dramatically brought into focus the profound impact and significance of this man from Poland. From the unprecedented gathering of mourners — kings and presidents, rich and poor — it is clear that his influence extended far beyond the Roman Catholic Church. 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