

- 2 hours ago
- 7 min
The Grand Illusion
With kind permission from my editor at Word on Fire, we are pleased to reproduce here a chapter from my new book, Popcorn with the Pope:...
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- Nov 23
- 6 min
U2’s Zooropa at 30: New Hope for the Old World?
In July 1993, U2 released its eighth studio album, Zooropa, an experimental follow-up to its universally-acclaimed Achtung Baby, whose...
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- Nov 3
- 4 min
May Your Light Shine Upon Him, O Lord
Nine years ago, one of my closest friends disappeared. It was All Saints' Day, November 1st. My wife was teaching at a Polish school, and...
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- Oct 25
- 4 min
Islam and the West? The dilemma of Young Ahmed
In January 2015, the infamous Harvey Weinstein wrote a column in Variety condemning the Islamist attack at the headquarters of the French...
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- Oct 18
- 6 min
“Maybe an aqueduct”: Rémi Brague on Europeanness
By Andrew Petiprin A major focus for us as we set forth on this new venture with the Spe Salvi Institute is proposing the idea of a...
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- Oct 14
- 6 min
The Spe Salvi Institute Manifesto
Christian Hope in Europe for the Life of the World A cloud is overshadowing the West — a cloud of despair. Try as we might to cast this...
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- Aug 18
- 3 min
City Parks in Chicago and Warsaw
Although I grew up in a southwest suburb of Chicago, my family liked to spend our weekends downtown. My father used to work in the Amoco...
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