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The Pope and Augustine
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awelborn
This past Wednesday, Pope Benedict began what a lot of us have been waiting for: his General Audience talks on St. Augustine. Pope Benedict and Augustine go back a long way. In fact, he wrote his doctoral thesis on an aspect of St. Augustine’s thought. From a webpage set up in honor of the Pope’s…
A Free Life
By
awelborn
Over the weekend, I read Ha Jin’s new novel, A Free Life. Now, I’ll reiterate that I did read it over the weekend and it is over 600 pages long. So am I saying that I read it so quickly because it was mesmerizing, engrossing and I couldn’t put it down? I don’t think so.…
Juno
By
awelborn
It’s difficult, I suppose, to write about a film like Juno without doing so through political spectacles. But some of the conversations so far have revealed the problems with doing so – in short, the spectacles make you see funny. Is Juno a “pro-life” movie? Some would say no, since you know, Juno has a…
Oh, and..
By
awelborn
The Cranky Professor is in teaching and stylin’ in Rome for the semester. Go follow his adventures! Maybe not so cranky now, eh?
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