First Links — 2.27.13

Decentralization Done Wrong
Alberto Alesina, City Journal

Calvin’s Company of Pastors
Michael Horton, Gospel Coalition

Vocations Rose Under Benedict XVI
Peter Jesserer Smith,  National Catholic Register

Religious Satire in the Enlightenment (and Today)
Anthony Gill & Christopher Grenda, Research on Religion

Fathering a People: Priesthood in Our Time
Fr. Robert E. Markovitch, M.D., Homiletic & Pastoral Review

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