Progressives think every inch of ground gained may never be relinquished. This is why clawing anything back is harder and bloodier than anything that was lost in the first place. [...]
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Catholic University Students Slam Porn, then Lefty Faculty
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Fr. James Schall on Books and Teaching
Nothing is more disconcerting, it seems to me, than to enter a home or apartment in which there are no books and no place for books, no sign a book [...]
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Was the Cross Really Necessary?
The cross. No doctrine is more central to the Christian faith and, yet, more of an offense to our human sensibilities. For the unbeliever, it represents everything that is wrong [...]
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Notre Dame: A Fiery Sign?
Was the near destruction of Notre Dame Cathedral simply the result of an accidental fire? Or was it also a prophetic sign? In the Bible, the destruction of a city [...]
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To Resurrect Notre Dame Is a Work of Faith
This Monday, the world watched as the Notre Dame Cathedral, the magnificent symbol of Paris, of France, and of the Catholic Church, was engulfed in flames. People watched from the [...]
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Restore Notre Dame as the Spiritual Center of Paris
Notre Dame brûle! (“Our Lady is burning!”) News flashes and sirens spread this horrible news Monday night at the start of Holy Week 2019. One of the most beautiful and [...]
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The Contradictions of Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Moving from political obscurity as the gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to the media’s flavor-of-the-month Democratic presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced last week that his campaign has raised [...]
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Old Mother Goose, When she used to wander, Would ride through the air On a very fine gander. This poem, along with all the other “Mother Goose” poems, was extremely important to John Senior, the Catholic educator who inspired the creation of The Civilized Reader column you are reading now. He was especially enamored with […]
