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The Language of Prayer Is the Language of Poetry
Anthony Esolen
Poetic language shakes us out of the everyday, so we see familiar things in new and surprising ways. In the same manner, vocal prayer should...
A New Fisher of Men: St. Louis the Crusader
Christopher Check
In a compromised age, rulers whose public policies align with their cherished beliefs are regarded with contempt. But nine centuries ago, one...
Justification Sola Fide: Catholic after All?
Christopher J. Malloy
In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI raised a few eyebrows when he seemed to agree with Luther’s doctrine that we are saved by faith alone. But the pope...
"I’ll Try to Live It as I Read It."
Cherie Peacock
The healthcare debate and the Notre Dame scandal have put the U.S. bishops in the spotlight quite a bit recently, often showing them to be...
Why Lanciano Matters
I have seen the miracle in Lanciano depicted in the July-August issue ("Weird Things Happen" by Fr. Dwight Longenecker). The greatest, unique,...
In Search of True Worship
Margaret Finley
Doom and gloom reigned in the 1930s. It was the era of the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Unemployment was at an all-time high, and...
We Can Work It Out
Tim Staples
James 2:24 is remarkably clear: "You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone." Yet millions of Christians teach the...
Architecture of Principles
Michael Schrauzer
St. Giles’ Catholic Church (1841-1846), designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Located in Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. After the...
How Fact Becomes (Anti-Catholic) Fiction
Robert P. Lockwood
"Did you ever hear of Giordano Bruno?" a buddy asked me. "Some guy said the inquisition burned him, a great scientist and a hero in Italy." My...
What Dante Can Teach Us about Envy
Anthony Esolen
The sin of envy, rightly described as deadly, severs the ties that bind. It sows discord between kin, between social classes, between races. It...

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