Today is the memorial of St. Jerome – whom we should go read about right now. Let’s see…where? Start here for a brief introduction Here Links to online texts of many of his works, including his letters, here. From his commentary on Isaiah, which is in today’s Office of Readings: For if, as Paul says,…

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French high school philosophy teacher goes into hiding from thugs who threaten him for expressing his opinion: In his commentary, Mr. Redeker compared Islam unfavorably to Christianity and Judaism, although he admitted that the history of the Catholic Church was “full of dark pages,” and he criticized the hostile reaction to the pope’s remarks. “Jesus…

ADL says that there’s a growing "theory" in popular culture in the Mideast that Benedict is really…all about the Jews. Cartoons and editorials published in newspapers in the Arab/Muslim world falsely portray Jews as the manipulators behind Pope Benedict XVI and his speech at a German university on the theological need for faith and reason,…

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