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Thanks to Pope Francis’ vision for the church, more people are recognizing community organizing as the heart of Catholic social teaching.

St. Thomas died on March 7, 1274, en route to the Council of Lyons. His theological and philosophical legacy continues to enlighten the universal Church.

“It is not easy to be a Catholic, and it is not easy to be a writer. To be a Catholic writer is doubly difficult,” wrote Jacques Maritain, who nevertheless became one of the most influential 20th-century Catholic writers on either side of the Atlantic.

A Romanian Jew who became a French intellectual, Benjamin Fondane was a man of many parts.