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Notes from Poland 2022

For the past week and a half, I have been in Krakow, Poland teaching at the Tertio Millennio Seminar on…

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Religion – and the Pope – Still Matter

Visiting with various people in Rome this week, I’ve been struck by the fact that they all understand that religion still matters. Who knew? Almost everyone in the world outside the Western media bubble, of course, which typically regards the religious impulse of the human race as something of a colorful holdover from the past when it crops up, preferably in distant cultures. Closer to home, it’s taken to be a dangerous delusion, the realm of “bitter clingers” and a whole “basket of deplorables,” when traditional Christians and others act as if faith has consequences not only for themselves, but the public realm. Then a major conflict such we are witnessing in Ukraine arises and, at least briefly, it’s clear that, like it or not, the world of faith makes a world of difference. Read more.

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Ukraine for the Long Haul

Randall Smith: Will we continue to pray for Ukrainians when their struggle is no longer the lead news item of the day? Let’s hope so.

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The Pope, Violence, and Just War

Robert Royal: Those who seek to limit the aggression in Ukraine, should take pains their words do not add to the already spreading darkness.

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Remembrance and Foreboding

Brad Miner: God willing, international and domestic pressure will escalate to an unbearable degree and force Russia from Ukraine.

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Ukraine, the Political and the Personal

Robert Royal: People are praying the psalms for Ukraine, with deepened pleas to to God for protection against unjust Russian aggressors.

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