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- Charles Murray’s ‘Taking Religion Seriously’ is not, ultimately, a serious exploration of Christian belief. James Chappel reviews: www.commonwealmagazine.org/chappel-char...
- By exiting international organizations, Trump creates a void that will be filled by competition, force, and fragmentation. The latest from @antoniospadaro.bsky.social: www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-spadar...
- Despite the hopes of Catholic traditionalists, Pope Leo has not undone Francis’s limits on the Latin Mass. Rita Ferrone on Leo and the liturgy: www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-liturgy
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- By his spontaneous example, Alex Pretti called all Americans, but especially American Christians, to account. Terence Sweeney on Pretti's martyrdom: www.commonwealmagazine.org/sweeney-pret...
- "I’ve noticed people here don’t use either of those words anymore to describe people—illegals, undocumented." Patricia Hampl: Words still matter here in image-besotted Minnesota. www.commonwealmagazine.org/hampl-patric...
- "Crises heighten practical attention and hone common sense at the same time as they prompt a more diffuse kind of stupidity." @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social on how Bernard Lonergan can help us make sense of our chaotic historical moment: www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...