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Not just the religious fanatics
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awelborn
Science-types have their issues with Dan Brown as well! (Although John Farrell is both a religious fanatic and a science-type…) I gave a talk at Loyola College in Baltimore a year and a half ago, and afterwords, a sort of old Jesuit came up to me with a pad of paper and said, "I’m a…
A Crunchy Time was had by all
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awelborn
Frequent commentor and great friend of this blog, Rod Dreher’s first book, Crunchy Cons, is out: Rod with his two sons – or should we say three? Since writing books is sort of like childbirth. It’s doing quite well at Amazon today, and Rod’s been all over talk radio about it. There’s also a blog…
Catholic Spirituality Today
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awelborn
A survey by Lawrence Cunningham, in Commonweal. The piece is a decent overview, although any critical notes are reserved for certain parties, while other parties are preserved. So, the mild snide tone that permeates the Marian devotion paragraph: If the new ecclesial movements or affiliation with existing religious communities are oriented toward established groups, one…
The roots of reform
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awelborn
Curial official says it will, as it always has, start with the religious orders: Archbishop Rode said he’s already seeing signs that the church is responding to the challenge with fresh energy and new forms of religious life. He said he met in January with the pope to present a list of 25 requests for…
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