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“Church-Speak” – Strange Things Church People Say  Msgr. Charles Pope of Community in Mission

Zanchetta Affair Exposes A Culture Of Fear, Indifference  Christopher R. Altieri at The Catholic World Report

Archbishop Scicluna: Herald of the New Gospel  Mark Lambert at De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

A “Binding” German Synod. . . What Could Possibly Go Wrong  Fr. Z's Blog

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Edward Reginald Frampton, “The Voyage of St. Brendan,” 1908, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin.

Which Way Is Heaven?

J.R.R. Tolkien’s mystic west was inspired by the legendary voyage of St. Brendan, who sailed on a quest for a Paradise in the midst and mists of the ocean.