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Prophetic Clarity and Hope
It is one of the great paradoxes of a uniquely Christian form of hope that David Bentley Hart can have such a clear-eyed and prophetic
“Pro-life” MAGA Catholic Bloodlust
Item: Last year alone the Sunshine State executed 19 death row inmates, and this year the number is already at 12, with three more to
“See How These Christians Love One Another”
There is an old Russian joke about an angel who appears to a peasant and tells him he can have whatever he wishes: wealth, happiness,
Ontario, August 1964
When I was a little boy, we went to visit my Grandparents, Thidder and Eva Collar, in a little hamlet in Ontario called Glen Miller.
Dive into the Sheavings
Blaming the Cure
As a kid, I often overheard conversations or snatches of news about the great fracas which seemed to have broken out inside our television about something called “civil rights.” Now, growing up in a town like Everett, Washington in the Sixties, surrounded by Olsons and Andersons as far as the
The Resurrection and the Life
There is a curious idea among modern Christians concerning the relationship of the Old and New Testaments. It is the idea that Old Testament prophets all had a crystal clear understanding of every detail of the future life of Christ as they wrote and that their prophecies were all clear
From Juju to the Eucharist
As Cal Thomas has thoughtfully illustrated yet again, people deny any and all connection between themselves and the object of their hostility. They rename sauerkraut “liberty cabbage” and French fries “freedom fries” and they try to pretend that Muslims and Christians “don’t worship the same God”. Protestants like Thomas are free (if
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About Mark Shea
Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the Son, This is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).
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