First Links — 8.27.13

A New Catholic-Lutheran Document
Charlotte Hays, National Catholic Register

The Shape of Rome
Ex Urbe

Against the Senseless Destruction of Churches
Anthony Esolen, Crisis

Fathers, Sons, and Chief Rabbis
Yehuda Mirsky, Jewish Review of Books

Quest for Ethical Stem Cells Prompts Moral Questions
Adelaide Mena, Catholic News Agency

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