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Deep subject: Chicago Tribune looks at our attachment to our spot in church Up until the mid-1900s, it was common for regular members of a congregation to pay the church to sit in a specific seat or pew, a practice called “pew rent.” Some churches listed the family’s name on the pew and also marked…

An interview/discussion with George Weigel But this lacuna aside, Weigel’s political vision, drawn from Catholic social teaching as updated by the Pope, is attractive: the State defers to the moral values embedded in a free society in which the Churches are free to develop a vibrant moral culture. He set out this vision in his…

From CT: What to do with frozen embryos? Jim and Susanne are not alone. More than 400,000 frozen embryos are stored in clinics across the United States. No one knows how long frozen embryos retain their viability, but children have been born from embryos stored five to ten years. And then, from a letter from…

A week or so of travels. We leave on Saturday, headed to Knoxville, where we will see my dad and my oldest son. Sunday evening, we’ll go on down to Atlanta to the Christian Booksellers’ Association trade show, which is always interesting. It is never really clear to me why OSV exhibits at this show,…
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