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On Judging Others – Wrongly, and Rightly

Jesus said (Matthew 7:1): “Judge not lest ye be judged.” And many people since, including many Christians catechized by modern…


An Insufficient Truth

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was the Swiss psychoanalyst and founder of Analytical Psychology whose contributions to the field may end…


About that ‘Personal Relationship with Jesus’

It’s a good idea, of course, that “personal relationship” with Jesus. It works itself around any number of contemporary roadblocks…


Snippets: Ethan Hawke’s Biopic about Flannery O’Connor

In Wildcat, the recent film by Ethan Hawke based on the life and work of Flannery O’Connor, one hopes to…


Europe’s Elections: Right, But Not Far

It’s worth paying careful attention to the significant gains recently by so-called “hard right” parties in the European elections. They…


Pope Francis’ Truly Shocking Remark

No, it wasn’t his comment to the Italian bishops about frociaggine (“faggotry”), homosexual cliques in seminaries, which the Vatican felt…


The Pursuit of Happiness

Sociology is the softest of the sciences – according to sociological surveys – and its practitioners, with noteworthy exceptions, largely…


‘Sacred Service’ at the National WWI Museum

“A good chaplain is as valuable as a good general.” – British field marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1915 Growing up…


Unmaking a Mess

faithful Catholic finds him or herself in a complicated situation these days. It’s not just the age-old opposition from “the…


‘Keane’ on Rupnik

Father Marko Rupnik’s work reminds me of the art attributed to Walter Keane, the American artist who was popular in…