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A Gaping Hole in the Public Square

January 12, 2009

Good morning, friends. Today’s recommended reading is by Joseph Bottum, a remembrance of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus that is eloquent and powerful. You can read it in The Weekly Standard: He was the greatest reader I ever met. The greatest reader, and a cigar smoker, and a walker, and a preacher, and a brewer of [...]

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Richard John Neuhaus, 1936-2009

January 8, 2009

Father Richard John Neuhaus passed away this morning in New York City. Joseph Bottum, the editor of First Things and a member of the advisory board of The City among many other things, writes: My tears are not for him—for he knew, all his life, that his Redeemer lives, and he has now been gathered [...]

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