John Matteson reviews “The Fate of the West” by Bill Emmott
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The Practice of Penance
Peter C. Phan reviews “Sin in the Sixties: Catholics and Confessions 1955-1975” by Maria C. Morrow.
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Those familiar strangers
Jennifer Levasseur reviews “Between Them: Remembering My Parents” by Richard Ford.
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How to build a better preacher
Father Thomas J. Scirghi recognizes how much preparation good preaching requires.
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Augustine gets a makeover in new translation. He hardly needed it.
Instead of the fusty old churchman we all know, Sarah Ruden’s Augustine is a dreamer, an artist, a poet.
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“Building a Bridge” by Father James Martin seeks respect between church and LGBT community
Father James Martin’s new books talks clearly and openly about an issue that daunts and taunts our church.
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Liam Callanan named 2017 Hunt Prize winner
Callanan, a professor and novelist from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will be awarded the $25,000 Catholic literary prize.
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Stepping out onto the bridge: Father James Martin responds to conversation surrounding his L.G.B.T. book
Even negative reactions are part of the conversation that I hoped the book would generate about L.G.B.T. Catholics.
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The book Christians should read instead of ‘The Benedict Option’
In sharp contrast to Rod Dreher, Julian Carrón does not think Christians should disown contemporary society as a new “Dark Age.”
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The man who fought papal infallibility
Largely forgotten today, Ignaz von Döllinger was one of the most widely respected Catholic intellectuals of his day.