Letter to the Editor: June 2013

Fatima: Further Perspectives... Unorthodox View of the Orthodox... Neither Right nor Just... Our Intellectual Infection... A More Sinister Threat... Charity: Not a Communal Mandate... Collective Responsibility... Satan's Sound Strategy... Nonconforming Names... Religious Bigotry Behind Bars

The News You May Have Missed

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Holy Land, the Theme Park... Liquid Enlightenment... Celebrating the Marvelous... What Government Makes Us Do... Tastes Like Brooding... Vox Populi

New Oxford Notes: June 2013

Action & Overreaction: Figuring Out Francis... The New Frontier in Family Life

Living the Christian Faith in a Postmodern World

WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST

Salvatore Cordileone

St. Ignatius of Antioch wrote, "Our task is not one of producing persuasive propaganda: Christianity shows its greatness when it is hated by the world."

The Penitent Pigeon

A SHORT STORY

Andrew M. Seddon

Would a woman like Pelagia truly repent in public? Would she put aside her pride and status, all that she had lived for, to humble herself before the citizens of Antioch?

Martyrdom in Mexico: Graham Greene's Masterpiece

VITAL WORKS RECONSIDERED, #35

F. Douglas Kneibert

At its heart, The Power and the Glory is about the conflict between Caesar and God, with the lieutenant symbolizing the power and the lowly priest the glory.

Can Beauty Save the World?

IS IT MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN THE TRUE & THE GOOD?

James G. Hanink

"Every consonance or harmony, every concord, every friendship and union," Maritain writes, "proceeds from the divine beauty…which gathers all things together and calls them to itself."

From Murderer to Monk

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Clayton requested a "formal tie to the monastery" while in jail. He said he was already leading a monastic life and was eager for it to be embraced by the Church.

Briefly: June 2013

Terrapin: A Mystery