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In 1960s Baltimore, my canny pastor devised a neat scheme for getting “Father Visitor” (as the confessional doors read) to fill in during the summer for his vacationing curates: bring over newly …
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By George Weigel
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1/11/12
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In 1960s Baltimore, my canny pastor devised a neat scheme for getting “Father Visitor” (as the confessional doors read) to fill in during the summer for his vacationing curates: bring over newly …
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By George Weigel
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1/4/12
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225 views
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If memory serves, this past year saw electronic books top printed books in the sales figures at Amazon.com. Be that as it may, books — real books — still make wonderful Christmas gifts. Here are …
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By George Weigel
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12/7/11
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420 views
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Catholicism is in crisis all over Old Europe. Nowhere is that crisis more pronounced than in Ireland, where clerical corruption and disastrous episcopal leadership have collided with rank political …
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By George Weigel
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11/30/11
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298 views
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Two weeks into the NFL season, ESPN ran a Sunday morning special exploring why the third-string quarterback of the Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow, had become the most polarizing figure in American sports …
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By George Weigel
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10/12/11
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1329 views
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In the fall of 1972, a group of us, philosophy majors all, approached our dean of studies, Father Bob Evers, with a request: Under the supervision of a faculty member, could we build a two-credit …
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By George Weigel
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9/28/11
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376 views
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Whatever its other accomplishments, Henry Kissinger’s new book, On China, ought to cause serious reconsideration of that now-familiar refrain, “China is the lead country of the future.” …
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By By George Weigel
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7/21/11
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334 views
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Lander, Wyo., is not an easy place to get to. I got there in February by flying from Washington, D.C., to Denver and then sitting around the Denver airport for hours, while the local commuter airline …
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By George Weigel
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5/18/11
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424 views
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Strange as it may seem, I’ve been vaguely worried about the May 1 beatification of a man with whom I was in close conversation for over a decade and to the writing of whose biography I dedicated 15 …
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By George Weigel
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4/27/11
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1249 views
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Judging by the impassioned commentary from some Catholic quarters during recent confrontations between unionized public-sector workers and state governments, you’d think we were back in 1919, with …
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By George Weigel
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3/23/11
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531 views
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