10 Jun, 2026
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Travel Log: Medieval Spain, a lesson in all beauty

WILLIAM SPINNENWEBER FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Sir Roger Scruton’s recent and untimely death inspired my new philosophical hunt into matters of aesthetics and beauty. After all, real beauty is a fine art unto itself. Scruton said once, “Beauty has fallen into disrepute … There has been a huge cultural shift, an almost deliberate attempt to expel beauty from the place in […]

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Well-versed Scripture scholar, professor shares story of ongoing conversion

RACHEL MILLER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF “Franciscan’s not something I foresaw, but it’s been a fantastic blessing to teach here for 15 years, and I wouldn’t want to teach anywhere else,” said theology professor John Bergsma.  Scripture scholar and father of eight, John Bergsma holds a doctorate in Christianity and Judaism in antiquity from the University of Notre Dame, […]