William Doino Jr. reviews Rod Dreher’s The Little Way of Ruthie Leming :
For all its idiosyncrasies and hardships, St. Francisville was a place where many people are born and die in the same place, alongside the same folks they grew up with. Those kind of social bonds, broad and deep, are passed on by generations and cannot easily be recreated in new or fast-paced milieus.
Also today, Paige Hochschild describes Pope Francis’ view of the priesthood :
Two things are clearly key elements of Pope Francis understanding of the priesthood: greatness and nothingness. He has made it clear how these two aspects must be held together in the conformity of the priest to divine filiation in the person of Jesus Christ.
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