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Gambling with Gambling – The Catholic Thing

Ever since I started teaching the Divine Comedy years ago, I’ve been on the lookout for lacunae. Just when I think I’ve found one, it turns out Dante has covered it with incomparable sagesse. Take gamblers. Why don’t we find them in Hell? Well,…

Books in Stone – The Catholic Thing

Catholics who sometimes worry that the Church is no longer sufficiently bold in its preaching of the Gospel might at least derive some comfort from its buildings.  Sacred buildings stand a long time and carry on the convictions of those bolder…