First Links — 9.25.15

Embracing Our Limits: The Lessons of Laudato Si’
Rowan Williams, Commonweal

How Marcuse Made Today’s Students Less Tolerant Than Their Parents
April Kelly-Woessner, Heterodox Academy

Religious Freedom Message: Pope Makes Surprise Stop at Little Sisters of the Poor
Staff, National Catholic Register

Loving Radically—A Little Like the Celtic Saints
Heather Walker Peterson, Humane Pursuits

Two Monks Invent Religious Iconography
Mallory Ortberg, Toast

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