Posts Tagged ‘Pope John Paul II’
Saint John Paul II and the Gift and Duty of Our Talents
As a biographer of Saint John Paul II, whose feast day is October 22, I’m often asked if I have a favorite statement of the great pope whose pontificate ran from October 1978 through April 2005. That is not an easy choice. I came into the Catholic Church in large part because of John Paul…
Read MoreWe Are At War with Agents of the Devil
In 1949 the Englishman George Orwell wrote a book titled 1984. It was about life in a totalitarian state; life under a government that held total control over peoples’ lives. Orwell invented terms used in the book that resonate today: Big Brother, doublethink, thought-crime, Newspeak. The main character in the book worked for the Ministry…
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