First Links — 12.3.13

The Tridentine Masterpiece
Donald S. Prudlo, Crisis

Non-Celibates Writing about Celibacy
James Martin, America

Disappearing Acts
Terry Eagleton,  London Review of Books

A Call to Individuals
Robert W. Patterson,  Philadelphia Inquirer

No Apologies
Alan Jacobs, Books & Culture

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