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A moral grammar?
By
awelborn
A review of a new book: Who doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong? Yet that essential knowledge, generally assumed to come from parental teaching or religious or legal instruction, could turn out to have a quite different origin. Primatologists like Frans de Waal have long argued that the roots of human morality are…
To the Cemetery
By
awelborn
Today, Catholics around the world visit cemeteries to honor and remember their dead, as well as to pray for them. From Poland: Although the tradition of visiting the graves is not confined to Poland, the way it is celebrated here is considered by many people unique. Robert Gamble is an American publisher living and working…
Back to Rome
By
awelborn
An unofficial translation of the Pope’s homily today at the All Saints’ Mass: Today, the Church celebrates her dignity as "mother of saints, image of the supernal city" (A. Manzoni), and manifests its beauty as the immaculate spouse of Christ, spring and model of every sanctity. Certainly she does not lack for unruly, even outright…
File it away for ’07
By
awelborn
From the Dominican students at the House of Studies: How to put on your own Vigil of All Saints Every year at our Vigil of All Saints, we meet people who say: “This is great! Why don’t we do this everywhere?” In fact, every year, we get inquiries from around the country asking us…
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