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November 2026, Vol. XCIII, Number 9

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Letters to the Editor: November 2026

The Scolding Specter... Choose Your Own Education... Too Good... Could Be Better

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The News You May Have Missed: November 2026

The Architecture of the Deal... Blocking the Gateways... Useful Anglican Idiot... Internal Brexit... Dan vs. Dan... Racking Up Records... and more

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Remembering the Dead

WHO BENEFITS?

By Louise Carroll Keeley

Let us consider what it means to pray for and remember the dead and the opportunities these present either to benefit departed souls, the living, or both (or neither).

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The Cloister or the World?

MERTON & KEROUAC: TRADING PLACES

By James K. Hanna

Both began writing as teenagers and, in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, whose prose they admired, never stopped in their quest for self, identity, and calling.

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Calling Catholics Back from the Cliff

MODERNISM: PRE, POST & HYPER

By Robert McTeigue

A close re-reading and re-appreciation of 'Fides et Ratio' can be a valuable first step toward reclaiming Catholic intellectual integrity for our time and for our future.

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Will AI Usher in the End Times?

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

By Pieter Vree

The traditional reading is that Antichrist will be a political luminary who is intimately associated with the Church, who proceeds from the Church.

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Motives of Credibility: Stability

REVERT'S ROSTRUM

By Casey Chalk

The Church’s theology and ecclesial identity have remained consistent in ways that seem to defy any merely human institution.

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A Stillness Heard Across the Trenches

COVENANT & CIVILIZATION

By Marcus Peter

The Great Christmas Ceasefire of 1914 proves that the helpless Babe in Bethlehem rules as Lord even over the most advanced instruments of war.

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Assisted Living: A Catholic Alternative

GUEST COLUMN

By Ronda Chervin

Simply seeing Catholic sisters in habits is a foretaste of Heaven. They are so joyful! Jesus the Bridegroom enriches their hearts with love.

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Why Science Needs Faith

By Christopher Beiting

Not only are all religions not created equal, but Christianity is particularly suited to the development of science as we now understand it.

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