Literature
Tags: EDITORIALS; HAGIOGRAPHY; CATHOLIC literature; SAINTS; CATHOLIC Church
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- Loyalty and Dissent: Lessons From the Saints. Haughey, John C. // America;6/27/1970, Vol. 122 Issue 25, p682
The author reflects on the moral lessons which can be deduced by contemporary dissenters from the lives of the Christian saints. He states that the hagiographers have reduced the lives of the saints into models of aseptic virtue, which made these saints irrelevant to the contemporary era. He...
- Letter from Belgium. Deblaere, A. // America;3/23/1957, Vol. 96 Issue 25, p705
The author focuses on the revival of Catholic literature during the 20th century. The author notes that a controversy has raged between Belgian literary magazines about the superiority or inferiority of free literature to Catholic literature. The book "Katholieke Literatuur in de XXe eeuw," or...
- CENSORSHIP in the Church. BIANCHI, EUGENE C. // America;10/8/1966, Vol. 115 Issue 15, p411
The author ponders on censorship in the Catholic Church. He cites the need for the Church to assess the image projected by its network of pre-censorship. He states that the broad use of the imprimatur tends to confuse the theological opinion of one author with the official teaching of the...
- Catholic University Presses. // America;1/18/1969, Vol. 120 Issue 3, p73
This section discusses problems facing Catholic university presses. Scholarly presses have reportedly assumed that Catholic university presses were publishing for a captive market. Factors that helped Catholic scholarly publishers to develop strength in their academic fields include the...
- With Scrip and Staff. // America;2/7/1931, Vol. 44 Issue 18, p434
The article comments on issues in Catholic journalism as of February 1931. It says that the magazine "L'Illustrazione Vaticana" devoted to Catholic action, religious thought, world events and literary life reflects the progress at the Vatican. It hails the efforts of the Catholic Truth Society...
- Greetings! // America;12/23/1933, Vol. 50 Issue 12, p267
The article expresses Christmas greetings to the subscribers and supporters of the periodical "America: A Catholic Review of the Week." It attributes the ability of the periodical to defend Catholic verity to the aid extended by subscribers. The significance of the $50 cheque donated by a...
- Catholic Press Month. // America;1/27/1934, Vol. 50 Issue 17, p391
The author focuses on the need for a Catholic press. He argues that the cause of God is in greater need to be proclaimed through a Catholic press. He alleges that the secular press in the U.S. does not treat accurately the positions held by American Catholics. He claims that only Catholic...
- From The Catholic Mind. Masse, Benjamin L. // America;2/25/1950, Vol. 82 Issue 21, preceding p597
The author comments on the steady growth of "Catholic Mind" subscribers. He believes that one of the reasons for this is the editorials which continue to represent the best in the Catholic press. Moreover, the documentation in 1949 was richer than ever before. He and his colleagues are gratified...
- Of Many Things. R. A. B. // America;10/1/1983, Vol. 149 Issue 9, preceding p161
The author reflects on the criticism against the Catholic bishops' publication on the periodical "America" related to economic and international relations issues. He notes that Catholic journals and religious leaders are usually incited by issues related to government policies and legislation...
