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Tom Bethell, R.I.P., a contributing editor of the NOR, brought others to an awareness that God is to be worshiped and reverenced in this life both in church and in the way we live our lives.

From the Narthex, the NOR blog: In appreciative wonder of God's handiwork we become like little children again.

New from the Narthex: The Vatican restrains the U.S. bishops from taking too strong a stance.

New from the Narthex: A spirit of dictatorial censorship dominates our education bureaucracy.

From the Archives: All our actions in enterprise must be, said Pope St. John Paul II, "in conformity with the dignity and integral vocation of the human person."

Wherein Peter Wolfgang discusses the influences that brought him back to Catholic orthodoxy, among them Our Lady of Fatima and the NOR.

From the June issue: The masses are more and more prone to believe lies, which they buy willingly for the sake of having a rock on which to stand amid the shifting cultural sands.

This weekend's feature from the Archives: In our "fallen" world it is often easier to commit sin than to practice virtue, and self-indulgence is more attractive than self-denial.

From the June issue: A society or system that does its best to foster virtue will likely end up with more of it than one in which virtue is held to be irrelevant to its central activities.

For the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima: Sr. Lucia said, "A time will come when the decisive battle between the kingdom of Christ and Satan will be over marriage and the family. And those who will work for the good of the family will experience persecution and tribulation."

From the June issue: The last time we were safe was in Eden, and, post-Fall, it’s the humility of feeling unsafe that’s been at the core of covenant from Adam to Christ.

From the June issue by Casey Chalk: The American founders followed Plato and Aristotle in acknowledging man’s inclination to consolidate power, indulge his passions, and oppress his fellowman.

New from the Narthex, the NOR blog, by James Hanink: Serenity is the hard-won fruit of trust in God. When our faith fails, and we sink into the water, our serenity leaves us.

This weekend's feature from the Archives: As the economy and culture become increasingly feminized, how long will it be before we start speaking of a "glass ceiling" for men?

From the June issue: Willa Cather, in Death Comes for the Archbishop, offers a clear literary portrait of a man who perceives the divine in the ordinary.

From the June 2021 issue: The Pope's decision to allow women into two minor orders of the Church shows how significant change can be instituted incrementally.

From the Archives: We cannot leave politics and economics, or war and peace, to the devil on the plea that it is too complex or too difficult to implement real reform.

From the Archives: The question of moral evil is not "Why would a good God" but why would human beings degrade one another and themselves.

We have adopted a toxic brew of Gnosticism and paranoia, insisting that everyone around us is a secret agent working for a nefarious cause, that there is infinitely more than what our senses detect, that if we only Google a problem and scroll down far enough or click enough links we will uncover the hidden truth of this world. This is "Web Berkeleyianism."