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Exclusive IgnatiusInsight.com Interviews
Since launching in May 2004 IgnatiusInsight.com has interviewed authors,
theologians, bishops, priests, politicians, historians, novelists, and many
others. Here are those interviews, listed alphabetically by the interviewee's
last name.
Dr. Stephen Barr
(Sept. 2006)
Dr. Francis Beckwith
(Jun. 2007)
Janice Bennett
(Oct. 2004)
Janice Bennett
(Aug. 2005)
Mary Beth
Bonacci (Nov. 2005)
Antoinette Bosco (Sept. 2007)
J. Budziszewski
(Feb. 2005)
Harold Burke-Sivers
(Feb. 2006)
Deena Burnett
(Sept. 2006)
Colleen Carroll
Campbell (Apr. 2005)
Bob Casey,
Jr. (July 2005)
Catholic
Bloggers (May 2005)
Donald De
Marco (July 2004)
Regina Doman
(Oct. 2004)
Moyra Doorly
(Aug. 2007)
Avery
Cardinal Dulles, S.J. (July 2005)
Diane Eriksen (July 2006)
Fr. Joseph Fessio,
S.J. (Apr. 2005)
Maggie Gallagher
(Oct. 2005)
Dr. Brad Harper
(Nov. 2006)
Dr. Brad Harper
(Mar. 2007)
Thomas Howard
(Oct. 2004)
Thomas Howard
(Nov. 2005)
Thomas Howard
(Apr. 2007)
Adam Janke
(Feb. 2007)
Roger Kimball
(Aug. 2005)
Rev. Thomas M. Kocik
(July 2007)
Peter Kreeft
(Aug. 2004)
Peter Kreeft
(Nov. 2005)
Father Karl Adolf Kreuser, S.J.
(Oct. 2006)
Philip F.
Lawler (June 2004)
Tess Livingstone
(Mar. 2005)
Dr. Christopher Malloy
(June 2007)
Deirdre McQuade
(Feb. 2006)
Sandra
Miesel (Mar. 2005)
Eva Muntean
(Dec. 2004)
Thomas J. Nash
(Aug. 2004)
George Neumayr
(Aug. 2006)
Mark Noll
(Sept. 2005)
Richard John Neuhaus
(July 2006)
Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P.
(July 2007)
Michael
O'Brien (Sept. 2004)
Michael O'Brien
(Apr. 2005)
Mike O'Dea
(Aug. 2005)
Bishop Thomas
J. Olmsted (Aug. 2005)
Glenn Olsen
(Sept. 2004)
Joseph Pearce
(July 2004)
Joseph Pearce
(May 2005)
Joseph Pearce
(June 2005)
Joseph Pearce
(Jan. 2006)
Joseph Pearce
(Nov. 2006)
George Cardinal
Pell (Mar. 2005)
Dr. Edward Peters (Nov. 2006)
Tim Powers
(Sept. 2005)
Richard Purtill
(June 2005)
Steve Ray (June 2006)
Fr. Jonathan Robinson
(Dec. 2005)
Bishop Michael
A. Saltarelli (Sept. 2005)
Rick Santorum
(June 2005)
Fr. James V.
Schall, S.J. (Aug. 2005)
Fr. James V.
Schall, S.J. (Nov. 2006)
Msgr. Michael R.
Schmitz (May 2005)
Roy H. Schoeman
(July 2004)
Russell Shaw (Apr. 2007)
Bishop Michael
J. Sheridan (Aug. 2004)
Carl Sommer (Mar. 2007)
Teresa Tomeo (May 2006)
Fr. D. Vincent Twomey, S.V.D. (June 2007)
Fr. Milton Walsh (May 2007)
Benjamin
Wiker (July 2004)
Benjamin Wiker
(Nov. 2004)
Benjamin Wiker
(Dec. 2006)
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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the finest Christian authors and apologists
of the past two hundred years. Raised as an agnostic, he embraced Christianity as a young man, ultimately entering the Catholic Church
in 1922. He wrote hundreds of essays, as well as novels, short stories, poetry, apologetics, literary
criticism, and nearly everything else imaginable. Dale Ahlquist, president and co-founder of the American
Chesterton Society and author of
G.K Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense, writes, "Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism,
history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology. His style is unmistakable, always marked
by humility, consistency, paradox, wit, and wonder. His writing remains as timely and as timeless
today as when it first appeared, even though much of it was published in throw away paper." Read more
about the life and work of this remarkable thinker, author, and apologist.
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Nothing To Hide: Secrecy, Communication and Communion in the Catholic Church
by Russell Shaw
Shaw, the former communications director for the U.S. Bishops, discusses the abuse of secrecy in the Church, the scandals it has caused and the serious
problem of mistrust that exists in the credibility of the Church. He is not concerned with the legitimate secrecy that is necessary to protect confidentiality and people's reputations, but
with the stifling, deadening misuse of secrecy that has done immense harm to communion and community in the Church in America. Shaw raises such questions as: What kind of Church do we want our Church to be, open or closed? What kind of Church should it be? And how much secrecy is compatible with having
such a Church? As Pope Benedict XVI has stated, "The consequence is clear: we cannot communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with one another." The Church is a communion, not a political
democracy, and thus openness and accountability are even more crucial for the life of the Church than they are in a democracy. In a talk he gave many years before he became the current Pope,
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had this to say about the reality of ecclesial communion: "Fellowship in the Body of Christ and receiving the Body of Christ means fellowship with one another. This
of its very nature includes mutual acceptance, giving and receiving on both sides, and readiness to share one's goods ... In this sense, the social question is given quite a central place
in the theological heart of the concept of communion." This is a beautiful vision of the Church. Shaw's aim in his book is to make a contribution to realizing this vision in the concrete circumstances
of the present day, by helping to end the culture of secrecy, especially within American Catholicism, and replacing the destructive culture with an open, accountable community of faith.
Read more about Nothing to Hide.
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