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Fr. Raymond de Souza over at First Things All of this demonstrates that the Canadian understanding of the vital importance of religious liberty is enervated indeed. In the space of a few months, the state has moved into a sphere previously thought beyond its competence—namely, the definition of marriage—and the political culture has denounced the…

If anyone out there has a good solid lead on someone, somewhere who had a good solid connection with Taylor Caldwell, let me know. I’m truly at the end of my rope, I need some information, and when that happens, We Who Are About To Bleg, Salute You.

…have not been reading N.T. Wright for the past three months, as the right rail indicates. I’ve been reading other things, but not as much as I should. Mostly novels. Mostly 20th century novels with Catholic sensibilities. Short ones, long ones, turgid ones, luminous ones. All out of print – so no Amazon links to…

And they are filthy liars.

The Spring 2004 City Journal is online as well as much, if not all of this week’s UK Tablet.

I can’t speak for anyone else but *I* hold Bush and every other political leader to just as high a standard on abortion or any other justice issue as I do a Catholic candidate. Which is why I regularly catch heat for my refusal to anoint GWB the patron saint of the prolife movement. He’s…

as it always is in these kind of discussions…”Why don’t you expend the same energy in criticizing Our President and his failure to live up to Catholic standards?” Well, he’s not Catholic. And believe me, as I’ve said before, there’s hardly anyone here, I would guess, who is full of unambiguous praise for the current…

Forgive the crass commercial, but here’s my current stock, all of which I would be very grateful to get rid of: 16 copies of The How-To Book of the Mass. You can get a good sense of what the book is about and how readers have found it helpful by reading the reviews at Amazon.…

…without talking about Kerry and Catholicism? Charlotte Allen writes on the matter for the Washington Post Nonetheless, most bishops are still reluctant to respond publicly to Catholic politicians whose views contradict church teaching — for all kinds of reasons. One is that Canon 915 of church law makes clear that public denial of Communion is…

An AP profile In an interview several years ago, Casey explained how he overcame his initial anger and frustration at being blind through perseverance that included help from friends, strangers and a trip to the Catholic shrine of Lourdes in France. There, he was told about a girl who went to Lourdes hoping to receive…

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