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A group of young politically-minded Catholics have set out to reform the nation with a combination of traditionalist faith and socialist politics. Here's their "Tradinista" manifesto. I wish them well. I really do, although in my opinion the socialist direction is the wrong way to go. I think that sort of movement would only further empower…
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My collection of the best of the Sunday Night Journal can be ordered from Amazon, in both paperback and Kindle formats, and from bookstores. Clicking on the cover image below will take you to Amazon. As bookstores have yet to realize that they should stock it, you can make the job of special-ordering it easier…
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As many of you already know, my daughter after having had two miscarriages is now pregnant with a little girl who will be born in early October. The baby, Abigail, has a condition called Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, which means that there is a hole in her diaphragm and currently her stomach, spleen, and parts of…
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You mincing Frenchman, you. (A brief history of the English umbrella.)
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Mercy “expresses God’s way of reaching out to the sinner, offering him a new chance to look at himself, convert, and believe” (Misericordiae Vultus, 21), thus restoring his relationship with him. In Jesus crucified, God shows his desire to draw near to sinners, however far they may have strayed from him. In this way he…
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"You encounter much fragility. Therefore I would like to offer you this fragile image", he said, referring to the crystal crucifix he gave to the Centre to commemorate his visit. "Crystal is fragile, it breaks easily. Christ on the Cross represents the greatest fragility of humanity; however it is this fragility that saves us, that…
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This is a real building in San Jose, California. I haven't made any effort to find out what actually goes on in there, as I think it would spoil the effect.
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Note: It seems that I made a mess of the numbering: skipping numbers, repeating them. It would be a lot of trouble to fix them, because for consistency it would require changing the permanent links. But the links should at least go to the named movies. Week 1: Mac, The Great Escape Week 2: Janet…
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I mentioned here a few months ago the unexpected death of an old friend. In the process of clearing out his apartment, a member of his family came across half a dozen or so letters I had written to him in the 1980s. A couple of things in this one from June 1987 struck me. Karen…
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Week 1: Flannery O’Connor Week 2: Thomas Howard Week 3: Salman Rushdie Week 4: Mark Helprin Week 5: Henri de Lubac Week 6: Robert Scheckley Week 7: P. G. Wodehouse Week 8: Hans Urs von Balthasar Week 9: Ronald Blythe Week 10: Larry McMurtry Week 11: Imre Madach Week 12: J. R. R. Tolkien Week…
