Taking the Measure of Pope Francis
Leah Libresco, et alia, FiveThirtyEight
Speaking Truth
David Mills, Ethika Politika
A Walk on the Holy Side: Nun Helps Transgendered Find Christ
Argentine Catholic Information Agency, Aleteia
The Latest Victim's of Political Correctness? Gilbert and Sullivan
Matthew Schmitz, Acculturated
‘Hamilton' and the End of Irony
Alexandra Petri, Washington Post
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