"One could rightly say that I became a Catholic by default, and that possibility is the simple gift I received from the Catholic Church. Mater ecclesia, she needed neither reasons, nor theories, nor ideas from me."
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Out of the Ruins (February 2005)
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R. R. Reno
Russell Ronald Reno III (born 1959), known as R. R. Reno or Rusty Reno, is an American theologian, political philosopher and the editor of First Things magazine. He was formerly a professor of theology and ethics at Creighton University.
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