The Nobel prize winner Albert Schweitzer is remembered as a great humanist who helped heal the sick and poor over decades in ...

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Books & the Arts / In The Empusium, the Polish novelist’s first novel since her Nobel, she pays homage to Thomas Mann in ...

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has been chugging along for years, providing a charming yet complex look at solidarity among women—what fortifies it and what ...

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Law President, National Catholic Writers’ Association According to legend, St. Sebastian was born at Narbonne, in Gaul. He became a soldier in Rome and encouraged Marcellian and Marcus, who were ...