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Early Christianity as a Funerary Association
How the Romans Saw the Early Church
Jul 22 • Phillip Campbell
Disentangling the Bourbons
Why France's monarchists still can't agree on a king
Jul 10 • Charles A. Coulombe
“That I May See My Maker”
Ocular Communion in Medieval England
Jul 9 • Phillip Campbell
Whom Must Chinese Catholics Worship?
By Mark Fellows
Jul 8
The Church of the Titanic Slide
By Christopher A. Ferrara
Jul 3
The Church Remorseful
Today’s Policy is Tomorrow’s Apology
Jun 24 • Phillip Campbell
The Charismatic-to-Trad Pipeline
Why some Catholics move from the Charismatic Renewal to the Traditional Latin Mass
Jun 13 • Phillip Campbell
The Church and the Theatre
The Catholic roots of the modern stage.
Jun 11 • Charles A. Coulombe
The Synodal Church of Magnificent Humanity
By Chris Ferrara
Jun 10
Why St. Francis Stripped Himself in the Public Square
From the piazza of Assisi to Brother Juniper in the market square, the early friars made public humiliation a path to sanctity.
Jun 4 • Phillip Campbell
Why 'Church Unity' Doesn't Justify Sacrificing the Latin Mass
Part 2 of a complete response to Fr Reese's case against the Traditional Latin Mass by Thomas Colsy
Jun 3 • Thomas Colsy
Saint Philip of Neri: Apostle of Joy
Mark Fellows examines the life of Saint Phillip of Neri
May 26
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