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This January I participated in a unique pilgrimage and summit, “Growing Together,” sponsored by the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM)....

Love Amid War: St. John’s Day

In his Christmas message from 1942, the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Temple, contrasts Augustus’ empire — “it had been won by force and rested...

Pope Francis’ Fiducia Supplicans: Over the Rubicon, past the Tiber, and into a Sea of Change

The recent text from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), issued just a week before Christmas, is likely to change, well,...

The Washington National Cathedral Debacle

Covenant Roundtable Washington National Cathedral recently gained some unpleasant attention when it came to light that there was an admission fee associated with its Christmas...

Dead Piepers Society

This article contains spoilers if you haven’t seen Dead Poets Society. In a distinctly sad moment in Dead Poets Society (1989), Peter Weir’s film about...

The Tears and the Embrace of Ecclesia Mater

Eusebius of Caesarea is well known for his highly optimistic appraisal of the Roman Empire’s turn — first, in toleration, then, in support —...

Roman Catholicism Aims for a ‘Synodal Church’

In 2025, churches will mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, which promulgated the creed professed to this day by the vast...

Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

As I grew up in the 1990s, few hours of television were as sacrosanct to me as Quantum Leap. I was already a lover...

Receptive Ecumenism as Kenosis?

By Neil Dhingra If Christians are called to unity (John 17:21), presumably churches should be able to learn from one another. Can churches learn from...

A Catholic Appreciation of Tim Keller

By Jonathan Mitchican In 2010, I was the rector of an Episcopal parish just outside of Philadelphia and I was frustrated. I loved the parish...

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