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Getting to Know J.R.R. Tolkien: A Short Reading List
There are many books written about Tolkien, providing the opportunity to gain a fuller understanding of both him as a person and his work.
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Meet the New Goddess, Same as the Old Goddess
To see what your religious life looks like when you abandon God and turn to the worship of nature, take a good look at this Apple film.
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Antinatalist Ruminations: A Tale of Two Saturdays
Despite what childless millennials or antinatalists may say, the world is a richer and more beautiful place with children in it.
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Faith and Physics: Meet Dr. Stephen Barr
From faith and physics to family, westerns, and chess, meet Dr. Stephen Barr, presenter of "Faith and Physics" in the Word on Fire Institute.
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Oppenheimer’s Frown
World Youth Day and Converting Everyone to Christ
St. Irenaeus and the God Who Doesn’t Need Us
“Mrs. Davis” and Getting Off the Grid
Why the Ascension of the Lord Matters
Our Lady of Fatima and a Theological Reading of History
The Scandal of John 6
Why Humans Gawk at the Idea of a King
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St. Anselm and Polishing the Diamonds
Many Things Are Not Permitted; Everything Can Be Forgiven
The Adventures of Classical Morality
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Community, Solidarity, and the Disabled
A Stark Warning: “Lord of the World”
The God-Opposed World Bears No Fruit
What Does Science Really Say About the Existence of God?
Tolkien’s Words and Worlds: A Landmark Conference
A Door in the Wall
The Gift of Presence: St. Mother Teresa’s Example for Life
A Catholic Appreciation of “Myst”
Tolkien’s Faith and the Foundations of Middle-earth
The Way of Achievement
The Synod on Synodality, Part 3: “Concerns Surrounding the German Synodal Way”
Background: The Theology of Robert Barron
If You Read One Book This Year, Make it Augustine’s “Confessions”
Ditch Disney for Ghibli
Back to School: The Struggle for Inclusive Education
Evangelizing “Lapsed Atheists”
When Did “Conversion” Become a Dirty Word?
The Synod on Synodality, Part 2: “Process and Purpose”
The Working Class Gets an Anthem—And We Should All Sing Along
Gone But Never Forgotten
The Synod on Synodality, Part 1: “Synods and the Synod on Synodality”
Drawn Into the Mystery: A Grand Slam for God
9 Things to Know about St. Maximilian Kolbe
To Cure or Not to Cure: Difference or Disability?
Excess of Sorrow Laughs: Megan Rapinoe’s Miss
Counterfeit Social Justice Fails the Sincerity Test
Thoughts on World Youth Day in Lisbon
Mentors on the Road Toward Vocation
O’Connor as (Hillbilly) Thomist
Just a Little Stone in God’s Mosaic
Is Abortion Self-Defense?
Renewing Faith in the Resurrection
Trust Your Disgust
The Bold Witness of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Reason, Faith, and Oppenheimer (Part II)
Reason, Faith, and Oppenheimer (Part I)
Peter Singer vs. St. John Paul II on Human Dignity
Oppenheimer’s Frown
Graven Images: Idolatry in Secular Ideologies
Mary Magdalene: A Blueprint for Effective Evangelization
