To Notre Dame fans as well as to a certain portion of the American Catholic populace, Knute Rockne remains a mythic figure—the founding father of the legend of the Fighting Irish.
James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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‘Gaudium et Spes’ and the optimistic final days of Vatican II
Vatican II closed 60 years ago this week. One of its final documents, “Gaudium et Spes,” has also proved to be perhaps its most influential.
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How sheep protect each other
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent, by James T. Keane
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What William Kennedy’s writing did for his hometown of Albany
William Kennedy did for his hometown what Joyce did for Dublin, what Bellow did for Chicago, what Faulkner did for his fictional Yoknapatawpha County. He became the bard of a particular time and place and, through it, continues to explore universal themes.
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‘Lumen Gentium’: The master work of Vatican II
Some of the most resonant and memorable phrases of Vatican II come from “Lumen Gentium,” including the description of the church as the people of God.
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‘Dei Verbum’ at 60: the Vatican II doc that revolutionized how Catholics read the Bible
“Dei Verbum” doesn’t usually get the press of the more famous documents of Vatican II, but it had a profound effect on the way Catholics studied, interpreted and read the Bible.
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R.I.P. Paul Tagliabue: the commissioner who brought Catholic values to the NFL
While Paul Tagliabue, who died on Sunday, is remembered for his long and successful tenure as commissioner of the NFL, he was also a devoted philanthropist whose causes included Jesuit education and L.G.B.T.Q. ministry in the church.
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Reverence for nature—and for the God who created it
A Reflection for Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane
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Michael Harrington, the ‘pious apostate’ who championed socialism in America
Michael Harrington was America’s much-needed conscience on issues of poverty in the 1960s and later.
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Remembering Phyllis Trible, who challenged our image of God as male or female
“The God of scripture is beyond sexuality, neither male nor female, nor a combination of the two,” the renowned scholar Phyllis Trible said in a 1989 interview.