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Bread Eternal
In the ruins of Ostia Antica, where Roman roads have disintegrated into a tangle of worn stones and earth, past market stalls where tall grasses jut from meticulously laid...
The Hidden Splendor of the Church
Since June 20, revelations of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s long history of preying sexually on young men, including at least one minor, have prompted horror—and outrage that McCarrick advanced so...
City of Conquest and Crossroads
Istanbul: City of Majesty at the Crossroads of the Worldby thomas f. maddenviking, 400 pages, $32.00 Thomas F. Madden’s history Istanbul answers the “if” in the adage, “If these...
