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Francis of Assisi: a pair of reappraisals

The minute he died, the Church redoubled its campaign of annexing this revered man. Within two years of his death, he was canonized, and work began on the basilica to be raised in his honor in Assisi.

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On the border of the profane

Profane really just means “not holy,” so it’s funny that it has come to be associated with four-letter words. The unconsecrated parts of our lives aren’t obscene, but we tend to see them standing in contrast to the holy parts.

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Gay like me

Timothy Kurkek, an evangelical Christian and graduate of the late Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, spent a year pretending to be gay.

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