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From 1949, the editors on the death of Catholic Worker co-founder Peter Maurin

The editors weigh in on Jackie Robinson’s arrival in the major leagues

Though he try fiendishly and implacably, it is not given to man to destroy mankind. It was God Who brought the human race into being; it is His Providence, and not man’s passion for tearing down, that will bring mankind’s earthly sojourn to an end.

From Sept. 21, 1940. No name was more closely associated with Catholic efforts for racial justice than America editor John LaFarge, S.J.

From 1934, a defense of the church’s sexual teaching

In These Pages: September 29, 1934.

In These Pages: Dec. 21, 1929

There was once an Advent of some thousands of years.