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Amen

Clarity in Rome confessional

February 23, 2012
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Blog, Commentary

The Scala Sancta, “Holy Stairs,” are believed to be the passageway Jesus walked on his way to face Pontius Pilate before the crucifixion. St. Helena, mother of Constantine, brought the staircase to the Eternal City from the Holy Land in the middle of the 4th century.

Don’t knock the ‘Net until you try it

January 26, 2012
By Paul McMullen
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary

Romanticizing the past fogs its hardship. For all the appeal of bygone days, does anyone really want to go back to 1932, when our grandparents in Appalachia had to haul wood and water, and stoke the stove to cook and clean?

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