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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on January 26, 2016.

eNewsletter Subject: Pope Francis: Attempting to Overcome Divisions

Thomas Van's series on the Fathers of the Church continues this week with Origen's Life and Legacy. This is the first installment of several pieces covering the work of one of the most influential thinkers in Christian history.

Speaking of thinkers, I continue to explore the progressive intellectual decline of the West. See Darkness: The practical result of our contemporary mythology.

One wonders whether this decline has anything to do with the latest speculation that Pope Francis must be planning to do X because nobody is talking about X. Phil Lawler explains in Hot (but speculative) rumor: Pope to meet Russian Patriarch next month?

Turning to the real news, my favorite feel-good story came out on Monday: Stranded in snow, pro-lifers celebrate Mass on Pennsylvania Turnpike. (The Duquesne University basketball team, stranded in the same area, passed the time by documenting their experience through tweets.)...

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