First Links — 5.12.14

“Screw it, Just Canonize Them All,” the Vatican Says
Eye of the Tiber

‘Hallowed Be Your Name’: Why Prayer Can Never Simply Be Private
Matthew Anslow, ABC Religion and Ethics

Perfectibilists
Joshua Glenn, HiLoBrow

Scavenger Cities
Chris White, Atlas Obscura

Barbarism with a Human Face
Slavoj Žižek, London Review of Books

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