Books in Stone
By Michael Pakaluk Catholics who sometimes worry that the Church is no longer sufficiently bold in its preaching of the Gospel might at least derive some comfort from its buildings. Sacred buildings stand a long time and carry on the convictions of those bolder folks who came before us – unless they are burned down or, in an interesting case, blocked. Two examples come to mind. The first is St. Paul's Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which the parish's website, in its history of itself, describes as deliberately placed in an "aggressive setting beside an expanding secular university." The…
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