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Mary and the Midwife
The dogma of the Immaculate Conception holds that Mary was preserved from original sin from the moment of her conception “by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God,...
Vocation in the Second Half of Your Life
When I was a college chaplain, the weekend in late August when parents dropped off their children for the schoolyear always presented an interesting pastoral opportunity. While gathered on...
What Mercy Is
Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Lifeby walter kasperpaulist, 288 pages, $29.95 Recently, there’s been an odd conversation in Catholic circles about the nature...
Taming the Vindictive Passions
Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits.by Jeffrie G. Murphy.Oxford University Press. 152 pp. $21. In 1995, at ceremonies marking the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Second World...
An Almost Christian Fantasy
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Knopf, 326 pages, $26 The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman Knopf, 326 pages, $26 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman Knopf, 518 pages,...
Evangelicals in the Church of Mary
“The Protestants were out at the pro“life ball,” my Catholic friend told me, with some agitation. “They gave us all evangelical tracts.” He was talking about a fundraising ball...