Those interested in the relations of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, or in the problems and challenges of ecumenism in general, may find of interest Orthodox in Communion with Rome . . . Something to think about (the comments of DeVille and Tighe are useful as well). It begins with the famous “Ratzinger proposal” for the unity of West and East and then gives his later clarification of what he had said in response to what had become the dominant (mis)interpretation.
Notes on Anosmia
One morning several years ago, as my wife, Wendy, and I were having breakfast together, I had…
Empire of Unreality
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) was the author of three novels and two books of mordant dispatches from places…
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…