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Pope Francis has asked top Vatican officials to set aside the first full week of Lent for spiritual reflection, but for the fourth year in a row he has decided not to gather them and go on retreat.
Article: Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., and Walter J. Ong, S.J., on Male Agonism (REVIEW ESSAY) - In this wide-ranging 6,000-word review essay, I discuss the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Walter J. Ong's studies of male agonism and the conservative American political philosopher Harvey C. Mansfield's views.
Article: Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., and Walter J. Ong, S.J., on Male Agonism (REVIEW ESSAY) - In this wide-ranging 6,000-word review essay, I discuss the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian Walter J. Ong's studies of male agonism and the conservative American political philosopher Harvey C. Mansfield's views.
Among the main concerns they mentioned were the role of the laity, especially of women; the contribution of the church on ecology in light of the encyclical “Laudato Si’”; and “spiritual conversation,” a method of discernment that was adopted to structure discussions during the first assembly that could become a major legacy of the synod.
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