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  • Top theologian: Argument just keeps ‘foot in the door’ waiting for a saint

    Top theologian: Argument just keeps ‘foot in the door’ waiting for a saint

    • Dec 18, 2020

    Archbishop Rowan Williams offered the example of Malcolm Muggeridge, a celebrated British journalist and satirist who was attracted to Communism in his youth and later converted to Christianity under the influence of St. Teresa of Calcutta.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
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    Three (more) reasons why Mother Teresa’s halo matters

    • Aug 28, 2016

    Mother Teresa’s holiness is the primary reason she’s being declared a saint on Sept. 4, but the canonization also has something to say on other levels — about what mercy looks like in practice, about how to defend the faith from its critics, and about the role of women in the Catholic Church.

    By John L. Allen Jr.
  • Chesterton hailed as Catholic who fought with ‘verve and pananche’

    Chesterton hailed as Catholic who fought with ‘verve and pananche’

    • Aug 22, 2016

    Every page written by G.K. Chesteron, an early 20th century convert to Catholicism and widely considered one of the greatest apologists for the Catholic faith in the English language, is like “a bottle of champagne,” said Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles.

    By John Franko

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