First Links — 6.11.12

How the Drive-in Theater Helped Create the Megachurch
Megan Garber,  The Atlantic

Eucharistic Congress Opens in Turbulent Ireland
Patsy McGarry and Genevieve Carbery, Irish Times

Political Withdrawal, Reconsidered
Joseph Wood,   The Catholic Thing

Russia, Syria, and the Long Lens of History
Terry Mattingly, GetReligion

The Meme Generation
Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard

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