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Cardinal Dolan: By No Means Finished Yet

There’s a steakhouse on East 50th Street in midtown Manhattan, to which Cardinal Timothy Dolan and I would sometimes walk for dinner after a preprandial or two in his. The post Cardinal Dolan: By No Means Finished Yet appeared first on First Things

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Three questions about next-generation nuclear power, answered

Nuclear power continues to be one of the hottest topics in energy today, and in our recent online Roundtables discussion about next-generation nuclear power, hyperscale AI data centers, and the grid, we got dozens of great audience questions. These ran the gamut, and while we answered quite a few (and I’m keeping some in mind…

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Live with Freddie deBoer

Freddie deBoer explores contemporary issues and cultural commentary in his engaging live discussions, offering insights and provoking thought on a range of topics.

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The Priesthood’s Ritual Logic

The Priesthood’s Ritual Logic There was a lot of disappointment, even irritation, over last year’s decision by a Vatican commission to shelve further discussion by the Synod on Synodality of the possibility of ordaining women to the diaconate. I do not doubt the sincerity of those who advocate for what they argue is a restoration of an office that existed in the early Church and that, tellingly, continues to exist in some Eastern Churches. Nor am I a scholar who can parse the exact meaning of...

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Caravaggio’s “Conversion of St. Paul”

(in the Cerasi Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo) Paul lies sprawled beneath his horse, arms opened, hands extended, upraised, creating a cup for his spilled head.His face. The post Caravaggio’s “Conversion of St. Paul” appeared first on First Things

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