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The Lost Art of Reading
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Between Two Trees: A Review of Peter Leithart’s Shining Glory
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Damnatio Memoria? The Council of Trent and Catholic Teaching on Divorce
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At the Tomb of Dante Alighieri
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Having Patience for the Sausage-Making Synod
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The Long Way to Liberty
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The Shallow Nihilism of John Gray
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New $25,000 Prize for Catholic Literary Arts
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