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The contrast of light and dark
Father George W. Rutler
In these days of closures, which must soon end, I am able to offer Mass quietly for the intentions o...
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Why Young Christians Get "Weird"
John Horvat II
Many liberal writers have trouble explaining the attraction that young people have for religion, esp...
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In Praise of Good Teachers
Peter Kwasniewski
Both Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas speak of the debts of gratitude we owe to others — to God, t...
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In Search of Father Damien
Michael Warren Davis
The history of the Church during pandemic is full of saints who were miraculously defended from dise...
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The systematic order of the material universe
Father George W. Rutler
The French theoretical physicist Pierre Duhem (1861-1916) was amazingly prolific and contributed muc...
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Saint Paul the Sociologist
David Carlin
Re-reading the first chapter of St Paul’s Letter to the Romans recently, it occurred to me that Paul...
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Holmes & his commentators
Theodore Dalrymple
According to Hazlitt, if we wish to know the force of human genius, we have only to read Shakespeare...
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The Grace of Suspense
Fr. Donald Haggerty
God seems at times to parry off our attempts to understand him, resisting our effort to take hold of...
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True Friends of Liberty Are Rare Indeed
Samuel Gregg
To insist that freedom is inseparable from virtue while also emphasizing the need for strong limits ...
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Persistence against the odds
Father George W. Rutler
"As I was saying..." That, more or less, is how Saint Athanasius began his homily each time he...
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