Typically the problem with many successful secular types be they politically liberal or conservative is that they do not see what we believers see when they look at the Church Liberals see a dark oppressive institution Conservatives see a prop for Americanism a defender of good order and the

Over a year in planning our centennial issue is now finished and in the mail Kudos to production editor Stephanie Radcliffe for doing much of the heaving lifting If you re a subscriber and eager to see the final product you can download all 92 pages by simply clicking on the cover image on

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As we hope you ve noticed with our new redesign in January we ve expanded our nbsp culture coverage in the magazine and to that end Father Christiansen has asked me to serve as America s first Culture editor nbsp Does that mean you re going to have to cultivate a British accent