First Links — 10.7.15

The Opening of the Synod
Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. CAP., CatholicPhilly

Benedict Option FAQ
Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Coates Contra Mundum
Anthony Daniels, New Criterion

Renoir Haters Picket Outside Museum of Fine Arts
Mark Shanahan, Boston Globe

Why on Earth did Jeanette Winterson Agree to Retell Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale?
Stuart Kelly, Spectator

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