First Links — 3.2.12

Vatican Secret Archives Go on Display
Dario Thuburn,  AFP

Mandate Repeal Defeated in Senate
Robert Pear,  New York Times

The Emancipation of Jewish Literature
Rachel Gordan,  Tablet

Santorum Threatens “Fusionism”
W. James Antle III,  American Spectator

Catholic Church’s Influence Growing in Cuba
Patricia Zapor , St. Louis Review

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