Posts Tagged ‘Catholicism’

First Christmas message from Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict gave his first Christmas message as Pope today, it is really quite beautiful. Here it is in its entirety – blessings to you and yours this Christmas:
“I bring you good news of a great joy … for to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ [...]

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The Habit of Love

I am currently reading Graham Greene’s excellent novel The End of the Affair. I was turned on to Greene’s work a couple of years ago when I read The Power and the Glory (also a great book) for an English class. In The End of the Affair, Greene’s protagonist Maurice Bendrix chronicles the feelings of [...]

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