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April 28-May 5, 2014

Vol. 210 / No. 15

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HOMETOWN HERO. A commemoration on April 2, 2005, the ninth anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II, in Wadowice, Poland, his birthplace.
Vantage Point
John ThavisApril 15, 2014

As Pope John Paul II celebrates 25 years in office, the world is taking stock of a pontificate that has helped shape political events, set new directions for the Catholic Church and offered spiritual inspiration to millions of people around the globe.By any measure, this is a papacy for the ages. Si

Aangelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII
Vantage Point
Raymond EtteldorfApril 15, 2014

The greatness of a great man may have different aspects. An artist—Michelangelo, for example—is considered great only for his applied genius. […] Saintliness is certainly a criterion for greatness. Not all great men are saints, but all saints are great men. […]I have no int

Books
Nicholas P. CafardiApril 15, 2014

A. Scott Berg begins his biography of Woodrow Wilson on the eve of his departure for the Paris Peace Conference.

Books
Piotr FlorczykApril 15, 2014

In the words of Trans-Atlantyk’s translator, Danuta Borchardt, this work is “Gombrowicz’s most iconoclastic novel.

BEFORE THE DELUGE. Jennifer Connelly as naameh and Russell Crowe as Noah
Film
John AndersonApril 15, 2014

The biblical ambition of Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’

The Word
John W. MartensApril 15, 2014

Slaves in the Greco-Roman world were sometimes treated with kindness but this was dependent upon the whims of masters not legally required Even domestic slaves as mentioned in 1 Peter were vulnerable to the demands of their masters and 1 Pt 2 18 asks that they ldquo accept the authority rdquo

The Word
John W. MartensApril 15, 2014

There is a richness to the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus that makes it difficult to consume it in its entirety or to exhaust its sustenance Even seemingly minor details nourish the reader in surprising ways Emmaus itself the village to which Cleopas and the unnamed disciple are jou