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Confession Eclipsed
It is often said that the end of Latin as the Church’s liturgical language was the most obvious change to Catholic life brought by the Second Vatican Council. There is truth to this, despite the fact...
The End of Prestige
True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church by francis x. maier ignatius, 284 pages, $24.95 The Future of the Catholic Church in the American Political...
Witness to Modernity
Confession of a Catholic Worker:Our Current Moment of Christian Witnessby larry s. chappignatius, 224 pages, $17.95 Sooner or later, every generation begins to look backward. Instead of blaming present...
Who Killed the Catholic University?
Have you not heard of that mad Catholic professor who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours and ran to the marketplace, crying, “I seek Catholic higher education...
Woke Religion
American Awakening:Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Timeby joshua mitchell encounter, 296 pages, $28.99 We Americans tell our history in light of our awakenings, those periodic spasms of...
