Jimmy Carter: A Life After the Presidency
BY MICHAEL GOTH
The chapter on Jimmy Carter is appropriately titled “Peacemaker”, as Carter has worked hard to establish peace throughout the world.
Maimonides: What Lessons Can He Teach Us Today?
BY ROBERT ROSENWALD
Maimonides would remind us that the Abrahamic religions are fundamentally Middle Eastern migrating siblings.
That Arduous Love Affair: Sir John Betjeman and the Gift of Faith
BY KARL GUSTEL WARNBERG
Even though he failed at Divinity, his legacy has left us with undeniably rich insights into the gift of faith.
There’d be No Santa Claus without St. Nicholas: Remembering the Saint behind the Legend
BY ANNA TROTTA GITHENS
Credit should be given where credit is due: Santa wouldn’t exist if St. Nicholas, the bishop of Myra, hadn’t existed.
Anne, Princess of Variolation: The Story of a Royal Brush with Smallpox
BY CATHERINE CURZON
The practice of variolation involved taking a very small amount of infected tissue and introducing it into the body of a healthy patient.
A Hair of Him for Memory: The Story of John Hampden’s Auburn Locks on the Antique Market
BY RICHARD W. HOOVER
I’ve been asked to include a word about business dealings relating to Hampden’s hair.
For Those Who Believe: A Review of “The Song of Bernadette”
BY AVELLINA BALESTRI
Jennifer Jones is impeccably chosen for the part, combining rural innocence with spiritual wisdom in her portrayal of the saint.
Sven Stolpe: The Swedish Waugh
BY KARL GUSTEL WARNBERG
Sven Stolpe could without exaggeration be compared to Evelyn Waugh. Both were authors, journalists, and hagiographers.
The Many Faces and Phases of St. Francis of Assisi: From Soldier, to Beggar, to Troubadour, to Saint
THE TRAVELING TROUBADOUR
He is a saint for everyone, of every faith and walk of life, whose love for the Creator’s creatures was legendary.