Monthly Archives: May 2015

A Catholic director’s forgotten masterpiece about marriage, aging, and the modern world

Originally at: http://www.cruxnow.com/life/2015/05/01/a-catholic-directors-forgotten-masterpiece-about-marriage-aging-and-the-modern-world/ by Steven D. Greydanus “Make Way for Tomorrow” (1937) debuts on Blu-ray from Criterion on May 12. Any time I run across a list of movies people probably haven’t seen but should, one title I look for is the Catholic … Continue reading

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Save Marriage? It’s Too Late.

Originally at: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122721519267045365 by DONALD SENSING Opponents of legalized same-sex marriage say they’re trying to protect a beleaguered institution, but they’re a little late. The walls of traditional marriage were breached 40 years ago; what we are witnessing now is the storming … Continue reading

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Like the President and Hillary, My Views on Marriage Have Evolved

Originally at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/417546/president-and-hillary-my-views-marriage-have-evolved-david-french by David French I’ve evolved. In the not-so-distant past, I held a view that has since proven to be oppressive, a view of the law and culture that I now see as stifling the rights of others and … Continue reading

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Why I’m giving up my academic career to become a nun

Originally at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11559321/Why-Im-giving-up-my-academic-career-to-become-a-nun.html by Theodora Hawksley Who’d be a nun? Behind the statistics announced this week, which show that the number of women entering religious life is at a 25-year high, are the stories of 45 real women making the choice to … Continue reading

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St. Philip Neri and Joy

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Catholics around the world can’t afford ‘luxury issues’

Originally at: http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/04/25/catholics-around-the-world-cant-afford-luxury-issues/ by John Allen Americans may have lost their dominance in many sectors of the global economy in the early 21st century, but there’s one industry where we still unquestionably lead the pack: the manufacture of controversy. American Catholics … Continue reading

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How the world’s greatest Catholic poet healed this ex-Catholic’s heart

Originally at: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/23/living/dreher-dante/index.html by Rod Dreher As a young man, I converted with great enthusiasm to Catholicism, and for 13 years was an ardent Catholic, eager to argue for the faith with all comers. The idea of not being a Catholic was … Continue reading

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Pope Francis and the Original Genocide

Originally at: http://www.aleteia.org/en/society/news/pope-francis-and-the-original-genocide-5795597768458240 by Philip Jenkins Pope Francis created an international stir when he described the 1915 massacre of the Christian Armenian people as “genocide.” It would be wrong to debate that description in any great detail, as the term so perfectly … Continue reading

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‘The Francis Miracle’ by John L. Allen Jr.

Originally at: http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2015/04/23/book-review-the-francis-miracle-inside-transformation-pope-and-church-john-allen/ITzXYlLhoq2KarQlNWf4oM/story.html by Paul Vallely How do you make sense of this? The pope famously asked “who am I to judge?” on gay Christians; then for months he blocked the appointment of the new French ambassador to the Vatican, a practicing … Continue reading

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