Summer Reading: The Catholics

Last month, I spent some time recommending books for summer reading. If you’re my age (41), or older, you probably remember wandering through Meijer (or

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magisterium, Vatican

Catholic in Name Only

And you,” he said to them, “who do you say that I am?” “You are the Messiah,” Simon Peter answered, “the Son of the living

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goth, memento mori

The New Goth is the Original Goth

Goth is passé. Although the goth subculture has shown more staying power than did the “flower children” of the 1960s, its “counterculture” largely shows up

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Pop Culture Role Models

One has to look far and wide to find positive images of Christianity and in particular the Catholic Church in today’s mainstream media and in

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