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On the Square Today

Christopher Palko describes the conservative coalition at the March for Marriage : The March for Marriage had without a doubt the most racially diverse crowd that I had ever seen associated with a right-of-center political cause. On the Mall, you would hear Spanish being spoken behind you, an . . . . Continue Reading »

RJN on Cardinal Bergoglio

Richard John Neuhaus writing in the magazine after the funeral for Pope John Paul II, reporting “the state of the chatter”: Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires is high on every list. Known as an incisive thinker and intensely holy man living an austere life, it is held against him . . . . Continue Reading »

Death Appears Different

From Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s Good Friday homily at St. Peter’s: Despite all the misery, injustice, the monstrosities present on Earth, he has already inaugurated the final order in the world. What we see with our own eyes may suggest otherwise, but in reality evil and death . . . . Continue Reading »

Is This an Easter Sermon?

Easter Sunday, the Obama family worshipped at St. John’s Church , across Lafayette Square from the White House. The audio recording of the sermon is not yet available on the church’s website, but you can read the press summary here . It seems in some way to be addressed to those . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.2.13

Egotistic Adoration Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P., Dominicana Waiting for the Bells Elliot Milco, Fare Forward Classic Correction Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner Swimming With Leviathan Kenneth Minogue, New Criterion The Secret World of Garbagemen Heather Horn,  Atlantic . . . . Continue Reading »

Weigel, Tobin, Kimball, Steinfels, Oh My!

Commended to your attention is this summer’s conference at Portsmouth Abbey,  Catholicism and the American Experience . Leading the speakers is our own George Weigel, who’ll be talking on “Catholics in an Unfamiliar America.” Other speakers include the Bishop of . . . . Continue Reading »

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