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Expiating Our Eco-Sins?

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The pope has stepped up his rhetoric in favor of it. The retired cardinal archbishop of Washington recently expressed sweeping public support. The National Association of Evangelicals regularly issues policy statements outlining the urgency of action. But perhaps religious fervor for curbing global . . . . Continue Reading »

Remembrance of Deaths Past ¯ and Present

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We often hear these days about the problems and misdeeds of “organized” religion. We much more rarely hear about the arrogance and downright atrocities of organized irreligion. Yet during the twentieth century, self-proclaimed scientific atheism in the form of communism killed 100 million . . . . Continue Reading »

Sacra Roma

From the February 2007 Print Edition

The Aeneid by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles Viking Adult, 496 pages, $40 We do not read Virgil much anymore. In part, because we no longer learn Latin and so do not seek out its writers, however famous and central to our culture they were once thought to be. But there is another, more serious . . . . Continue Reading »

God’s Work

From the May 1998 Print Edition

Opus Dei: Leadership and Vision in Today’s Catholic Church By Vittorio Messori Regnery. 201 pp. $27.50 Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei By Maria del Carmen Tapia Continuum. 364 pp. $29.95 First, a necessary disclaimer: the present writer has been invited to attend Opus Dei conferences, . . . . Continue Reading »

Since Long Before 1492

From the December 1995 Print Edition

Cultures in Conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Age of Discovery by bernard lewis oxford university press, 101 pp., $16.96 Karl von Hapsburg, one of the heirs to the old Austro-Hungarian throne and a member of the European Parliament, is fond of telling a story about the deep connections . . . . Continue Reading »