First Links — 8.8.13

Pelikan and Aslan
Joseph Loconte, Huffington Post

Pippin the Porcher
Michael W. Hannon, Front Porch Republic

City of Rogues and Schnorrers
Jeffrey Veidlinger,
Marginalia

Hiroshima, Paul VI, and the Transfiguration
Lorenzo Albacete, Il Sussidiario

“Jesus is Merciful, But He is Not Stupid”
Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archdiocese of Chicago

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