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Posted inArts & Culture
Bank Heists and Wiseguys: “Crimetown” is the next true-crime podcast you should listen to
Vincent A. Cianci Jr., better known as “Buddy,” he was a trusted (and Jesuit-educated) champion for his city as well as a convicted felon.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Evelyn Waugh: addicted to alcohol and sex, haunted by God
Waugh was never reconciled to the use of vernacular in the Catholic liturgy, for which he had gained great devotion for 30 years.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Why Martin Luther matters, even within the Catholic Church
“Lutherans and Catholics are on the way to greater unity,” says Martin Marty.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Can religion ever be considered in isolation?
“All of us come from a place we mistake for universal,” Kenneth L. Woodward explains, “So you should know something of mine.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Thomas Jefferson’s life of promoting liberty—underpinned by slavery
Besides having a great mind, Jefferson had a great ego—also for good and ill.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
When the onetime Jesuit John McLaughlin ran for Senate
Although he termed it “the one non-issue of the campaign,” his priesthood was a major issue for the people of Rhode Island.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why do we pray to a God that allows the evil of the Holocaust?
If God does not exist, we waste our time, confessing our sins. If God does exist, our understanding of evil and our role in it is so small, so limited as to be worthy of contempt. But that’s not who God is.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Junípero Serra: A Not-Perfect Saint
‘Junípero Serra,’ by Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Of Many Things
No one should visit a presidential library expecting to see a balanced assessment.