what the man said

By Diogenes ( articles ) | Jun 08, 2004

In the current Crisis magazine, Russell Shaw has a mordant and well-reasoned Open Letter to America's Bishops that deserves a careful reading. It pains me to say that a critical tone occasionally creeps into his argument -- he's addressing the Successors of the Apostles, after all -- but in view of the merits of the essay I'm inclined to overlook the lapse, and urge you do to the same.

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Fri11 July
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Memorial of St. Benedict, Abbot

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Today is the Memorial of St. Benedict (480-547), who was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit, he had acquired such a reputation that disciples…

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