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How the Media Is Missing Pope Benedict’s Radical Critique of American Religion
The Pope praised America for its strong religious faith, but warned that the country’s secular culture too often leads Catholics to profess faith in Christ in church on Sunday, but to leave their faith behind the rest of the week.
David Schindler on Going Beyond Benedict, ‘the American Pope’
For Pope Benedict and the theologian David L. Schindler, freedom is not about having lots of choices; it’s about our natural desire for God, and what is good, true and beautiful.
Into Iraq With ‘Generation Kill’: An Interview with Evan Wright
Evan Wright spent two months living with twenty-three marines from First Recon, the elite unit who spearheaded the invasion of Iraq. In magazine articles and his book ‘Generation Kill’, Wright chronicled the triumphs and horrors—physical, moral, emotional, and spiritual—that these marines endured. We talked to him about his experience of the Iraq War, and the human costs of ‘just wars.’