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Matt Emerson's essays have appeared in a number of publications, including AmericaCommonweal, and the Wall Street Journal. The Catholic Press Association named his September 2012 essay "Help Their Unbelief," published in America, as the "best essay" in the category of national general interest magazine for 2012. He is the author of the book Why Faith? A Journey of Discovery (Paulist Press 2016).

Articles:

Fruitful Searching (Jan. 5-12, 2015)

Preambles for Faith (May 13, 2013)

Help Their Unbelief (Sept. 10, 2012)

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President of Pontifical Council for Social Communications shows Pope Francis news on tablet during meeting at the Vatican. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
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Key words from 'Evangelii Gaudium' for Catholic educators entrusted with teaching theology.
(CNS photo/Clarion Herald)
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On national tests a majority of fourth and eighth graders are not proficient in math.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.
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What movies, religious or secular, have helped you articulate what you believe and why?
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Sometimes writing is like a cross-country road trip You 39 re heading on one road in a certain direction and then some interesting unexpected sight lures you on a detour The detour proves to be really good nbsp Recently while doing some research one source led me to another and eventually I
Arthur C. Brooks
In All Things
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Matt Emerson finds traces of the Catholic "both/and" in columnist's synthesizing essays.
Pope Benedict XVI reading the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Catholic Press Photos)
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With so many news outlets, it's not easy deciding whom or what to read or trust.
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Scholars find link between Catholic schools and social cohesion, less crime.
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Over at The Jesuit Post Brendan Busse S J wonders What are we doing here and why I think it rsquo s a question worth asking ndash in education and in life ndash and answering it frankly and honestly is important As Jesuits we need safe spaces to ask such questions because ironically we c
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Though not entirely surprising still useful confirmation from William Alexander of the benefits of learning a new language particularly for adults All this means that we adults have to work our brains hard to learn a second language But that may be all the more reason to try for my failed French
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Directing knowledge and technology toward noble ends in the Internet age