First Links — 10.5.12

Jacques Maritain and the Failure of American Pluralism
Thaddeus Kozinski,  Ethika Politica

Life After TED
April Dembosky, Financial Times

History as Narcissism
James Bowman, Arma Virumque

On St. Francis of Assisi
Fr. George W. Rutler, Church of Our Saviour

The Lasting Legacy of Cardinal Jean Daniélou
Brian Van Hove, S.J., Catholic World Report

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