COMMENTARY When people discover I have a master’s degree in children’s literature, they tend to corner me with one impossible question: “What books should I let my kids read?” These are primarily loving, caring parents with the best of intentions. They’ve been hearing, however, that most of today’s popular Young Adult (YA) novels include immoral […]
Karl A. Schultz: Pope Paul VI: prophet, pilgrim of peace
Commentary The canonization of Pope Paul VI on Oct. 14 makes this an opportune time to look back on the years surrounding the Second Vatican Council in order to put in context the present state of the ongoing implementation of the conciliar reforms. Blessed Paul VI, who was pope from 1963 to 1978, was arguably […]