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Sacred Spaces
St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche) Vienna, Austria
True Beauty
O Vos Omnes (Newman University Church, Dublin, Ireland)
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Francis X. Maier
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John M. Grondelski
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Robert Royal
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Brad Miner
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Eduardo J. Echeverria
NEWS
COMMENTARY
What Dr. Johnson can teach Pope Francis
Edward Short, Catholic World Report
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Pope Francis has accused the Church of genocide in Canada. If so, why evangelize? As Dr. Johnson (a sort of honorary Catholic) wrote in 1766 on the matter of spreading Christianity: “Let it . . . be remembered, that the efficacy of ignorance has long been tried, and has not produced the consequence expected. Let knowledge, therefore, take its turn . . .”