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Charles Coulombe
In an iconoclastic age, Memorial Day survives
this year, memorial day falls on may 27. in my far-off childhood, it was fixed on may 30. but like so many other civil holidays, in 1971 it ...
Heretic of the week: Jan Hus
bohemian-czech native jan hus (1369-1415) is widely considered a forerunner of the protestant revolt. in 1393 he received his ba from the un...
Heretic of the Week: Emanuel Swedenborg
emanuel swedenborg (1688-1772) was – not too surprisingly, given his name – a native of sweden. emanuel’s father, jesper swedenborg, was the...
If Kate Smith's statue falls, what about Margaret Sanger's?
the past few years have witnessed in these united states an orgy of something once thought confined to revolutionary dictatorships: the mass...
Heretic of the Week: John Knox
john knox (c 1512-1572) was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 in haddington, scotland. he is thought to have studied at either the univers...
Heretic of the week: Rudolf Steiner
rudolf steiner (1861-1925) was born in donji kraljevec, now in croatia but then in the hungarian half of the austro-hungarian empire. his fa...
Heretic of the week: Michael Servetus
michael servetus (1509-1553) was a spanish theologian, scientist and scholar, who had a talent for meeting the rich and famous, and an ultim...
Bunnies, hats and parades: How Easter became a secular festival
the onset of easter – like that of christmas – always brings out a rush of nostalgia in me. but unlike the celebratory customs surrounding t...
Heretic of the week: Philip Melanchthon
philip melanchthon (1497-1560) was born philip schwartzerdt at bretten; his father was armourer to the local lord; his mother was a niece of...
Where Catholics cheer Elizabeth I
april 6 is the first day of the 56th season of the southern california renaissance pleasure faire. running until may 19 at the santa fe dam ...
Heretic of the week: George King
george king (1919-1997) was born in wellington, shropshire. his family considered itself christian, although his mother also claimed to be a...
Heretic of the week: Caspar Schwenckfeld
caspar schwenckfeld (1489-1561) was yet another catholic priest who lost his mooring during turbulent times – in this case, the reformation ...
The feminist heroine whose brilliant mind brought her into the Church
imagine, if you will, a gathering of bright young girls at boston’s emmanuel college, a prestigious catholic women’s college run by the sist...
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