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When Pope Benedict allowed wider use of the Latin Mass last July, he explained that he did not expect as a result any extensive return to the Tridentine rite.
The Politics of Fear
In an ideal world, a presidential election campaign would be a time to consider competing visions of the most important challenges that now confront the United States.
Articles
Diagnosing U.S. Health Care
Michael Moore’s film “Sicko” uses social commentary to hold health care in the United States up to shame.
What Divides Orthodox and Catholics?
When protesters in Belgrade converged on the patriarchal headquarters of the Serbian Orthodox Church last April, they were angry about proposed liturgical reforms.
Books and Culture
Books
In his provocative new book, The Stillborn God, the historian Mark Lilla tackles the centuries-old debate about the nexus between pol
Books
Ignore the Robin-Leach-like subtitle: this is not an ogling survey of mega-moneyed celebrities.
Books
Professor Akbar Ahmed, a genial Pakistani scholar trained in Britain and now established at Washingtons American University as holder of the





