First Links—8.24.15

Where Pope Francis Learned Humility
Paul Vallely, The Atlantic

Eve Tushnet’s Great New Novel on Forgiveness and Addiction
Leah Libresco, Patheos

A Catholic Assessment of Gregg Allison’s Critique of the “Hermeneutics” of Catholicism
Eduardo Echeverria, Called to Communion

An Idiotic Hierarchy
Marc, Bad Catholic

Saved From Islam on September 11
Charles H. Featherstone, Christianity Today

The Gospels of Mark
Jennifer Graham, Acculturated

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