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Here's a look at our upcoming issue, dedicated to the life and legacy of Pope Benedict XVI, with contributions from Archbishop José H. Gomez, Christopher Caldwell, Father Paul Scalia, Michael Hanby, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Peter Kwasniewski, and many others.

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Shipping, at long last, this week.

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One year ago today we shared our pitch for Tʜᴇ Lᴀᴍᴘ with readers. It was impossible to know how much enthusiasm our project would meet with and how generous (and patient!) our supporters would be.

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Isn’t it lovely?

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Here's a look at the cover of issue two. Subscribe by August 5 to get your copy directly from the printer!

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Out from the paywall now: @herandrews against Human Resources

Against Human Resources

On H.R.'s dominance in the workplace.

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We are happy to announce that readers in Washington, D.C. can now find the magazine at @PoliticsProse .

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That seems like a terrible reading of Darth Vader. Isn’t the whole moral drama of these movies bound up in the fact that he not only repents for his sins, but renounces the wicked power that he has acquired by rejecting love?

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Catholic magazine using secular Satan to advertise itself, smh.

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Maybe because the Church was founded by Christ upon St. Peter to canalize sacramental grace and because Donatism was condemned a long time ago and because the current policy in China is just a concordat like any other, while Netflix is Blockbuster for lazy people?

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Our fifth issue will be shipped out to subscribers next week. Tell your friends to subscribe before this Friday, May 7, if they want to receive it!

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Coming to your inbox Monday afternoon and your mailboxes shortly thereafter.

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A timely piece by Angela Nagle from our new issue

The Lamp Magazine | Products of Gestational Labor

The call to abolish the family has recently been revived by cultural revolutionaries who are getting their way on a number of issues to which most people…

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Our third issue is at the printer’s now and will ship at the end of next week. Don’t miss out—if you haven’t subscribed yet, sign up by midnight this Friday (11/20) to receive it when it ships!

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Weird. In the same time period our subscriptions have increased 1233.33 percent

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The post-Trump news slump continues online. Traffic has declined at leading news sites almost every month since January peak and from a year ago. Latest figures from ComScore:

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The cover of our upcoming issue:

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Our eleventh issue will mail out in two weeks. The cover:

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Motherhood begins well before the child is even born, writes @marlo_safi

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Pleased to announce in our most recent newsletter that the brilliant @LeahLibresco will be joining us as managing editor.

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2 years

From our latest issue: read @gjpappin on Catholic statecraft, Machiavelli, Richelieu, and Christian political power, now out from behind the paywall

The Lamp Magazine | New Model Statecraft

Richelieu belongs to the ragion di stato (reason of state) tradition, which was born as a counter-Machiavellian response to “Old Nick.” But the confusion…

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3 years

A while ago we asked readers where we should host our first-ever in-person happy hour. The overwhelming favorite was South Bend. So please join us on Friday, November 12 at St. Joseph's parish hall from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. All, as they say, are welcome.

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Which way, Western Man?

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@RorateCaeli We aren’t going anywhere. Just having some temporary server trouble, should be back up shortly.

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"The pope is in fact the pope, and his authority is from God," writes @hannonregular . "But this is not going to be easy."

The Lamp Magazine | Letter to a Friend

But this time it happens to be literally true: I am feeling just the same pain that you are, that dozens of our friends and thousands of our acquaintances…

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Our third issue should be arrive to subscribers this week. Tweet us a photo of yours when it arrives!

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We hate to toot our own horn, but there really is no other magazine in America that routinely accepts essays on topics like rope-and-pulley windows out of the slush pile. A reminder to pitch us at editor @thelampmagazine .com.

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NEW: 60 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives issued a "Statement of Principles" with a message to U.S. bishops that "the weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic lawmakers for their support of a woman’s safe and legal access to abortion is contradictory".

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The future of The Lamp

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Our editor @matthewwalther on abortion

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Ahead of our upcoming Benedict XVI symposium, a reminder that seminarians and religious are eligible for a free subscription to the magazine. Email complimentary @thelampmagazine .com and we'll hook you up!

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Today we are pleased to announce that @NicXTempore will be joining The Lamp as a full-time managing editor. In addition to editing, he will also be writing for the magazine regularly.

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Putting the finishing touches on our sixth issue, which will go to the printer by the end of this week. Here’s a preview of the cover. Subscribe by July 15 if you haven’t already so you can receive it when it mails!

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Merry Christmas!

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Coming soon

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We're here to help!

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Would do anything to restore the feeling of getting great magazines in the mail before everyone was publishing on the web. I remember having at least ten subs at any one time as a teenager.

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A new magazine challenger approaches. (“It’s a unicorn magazine,” its four-year-old editor explains.)

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3 years

By popular demand, here is Aidan Nichols's wonderful memoir of the great Herbert McCabe, available for free online

The Lamp Magazine | The Herbert McCabe I Knew

Herbert McCabe: Recollecting a Fragmented Legacy Franco Manni (foreword by David B. Burrell) Cascade, pp.300, $36 Franco Menni’s new study is a welcome…

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Everyone’s favorite religious rides again

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"At night I pray to Christ, beg beyond reason or logic, that Judas somehow, some way, found grace and was made new again. I pray for Judas." @TimothyNerozzi

The Lamp Magazine | Prayers for Judas

On the field of blood.

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Would current nonsubscribers agree to this arrangement?

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"For me, Catholicism before Vatican II was a window opening out to the world beyond the Berkshires. Its ceremonies spoke of a history before Plymouth Rock, and its liturgy linked us to every Catholic on earth," writes Mary Ann Glendon.

Contours of a Spiritual Universe

On a Catholic childhood in New England.

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4 years

Issue #1 will continue to arrive in the mailboxes of our readers all week. Send us a photo of yours!

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We’re sorry for causing distress to @PunkyMantilla , but her piece was never rejected. It was delayed by one issue, as is common in magazine journalism. We’ve reached out to her privately to handle her issue and would love to see her article in The Lamp.

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Got the third issue of @thelampmagazine today! Story time: Now, for those who don’t know me, I’m primarily an angry son of a gun and a redneck, before I am a writer. So, I have no problem burning bridges when the situation calls, even at the expense of my own career.

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As we prepare issue seven for press, a reminder that we welcome letters for publication at letters @thelampmagazine .com, including ones like this classic from the archives of Triumph.

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"Attentive readers will note that I began by recounting the story of the last time I shocked a priest during confession, and will infer from that—quite rightly—that this has happened to me several times. Let me tell you about the first."

Stoned to Death

On Nuns' Confessions.

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Issue 21 is live! Subscribe here to receive it in the mail.

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The cover of our latest issue, which includes our symposium on Hell. Subscribe to receive it this month:

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3 years

There’s something for the whole family in @thelampmagazine

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Join us next week for a Zoom happy hour featuring @matthewwalther , @LeahLibresco , @biillyb , and contributors to the magazine for a fun conversation, questions, and probably some cameos from unruly babies and/or toddlers.

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Read @sancrucensis ’s article from our second issue “Against the New Nationalism,” now available online in full.

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Tʜᴇ Lᴀᴍᴘ onstage. Don’t forget to send us your own photos!

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5 years

At last, Iago!

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[Darth Vader voice] We would be honored if you would join us

The Future of Catholic Journalism: A Conversation With The Lamp Magazine - Catholic Information...

Join the editor and publisher of The Lamp, a new bimonthly Catholic political magazine, for a happy hour discussion of faith,...

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Hard agree

Joyce Carol Oates

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"prestigious magazines" are not created by God. they came into existence when people got together to start them. instead of complaining about existing magazines, start your own. instead of complaining about the status quo, change it. nothing so exciting as starting something new

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Our latest issue was handed over to the postal service today and should begin to arrive in the mailboxes of our print subscribers soon! A link to download the issue PDF was sent to all subscribers, print and digital, this afternoon. Send us a photo of your copy when it arrives!

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The digital edition of issue one is now available to subscribers, with the print to follow shortly. Access it here (current subscribers check your email for password)

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Our website should be back online shortly after we’ve resolved some server issues that occurred this morning. Apologies and thanks to all for your patience. We aren’t going anywhere!

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We’re offering a sale again: take 40% off the price of your new, renewal, or gift subscriptions from now until the end of the year using the code 40OFF22 or this link

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"Saint John Henry Newman." The idea that we can now write those words is moving beyond imagination.

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Out from behind the paywall is a timely piece about what Catholics get wrong when we talk about the Holy Father

The Lamp Magazine | What we talk about when we talk about the pope

To start with, I think non-Catholics should say whatever they want about the pope, and I think Catholics should say what they believe to be true. If they…

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The cover of our Christmas issue. Subscribe today for 40% off.

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“You can teach all the truth you want, and you can get everything right about how to sanctify the world, but if you have no means of arranging and enforcing teaching or the sacraments, you haven’t really got a Church.” @GregoryCaridi

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Press days are the best days

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In our Easter issue, @ClarkeMicah reviews the collected letters of John le Carré.

The Double Life of John le Carré

A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré John le Carré, ed. Tim Cornwell Viking, pp. 752, $40.00

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The digital edition of our Assumption 2020 issue goes out tomorrow morning, with print copies following next week

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We recently streamlined our process for offering free subscriptions to seminarians and religious. If you are interested in getting the magazine for free, you can now use a coupon code on our online subscription page. DM or email subscriptions @thelampmagazine .com for code.

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“By invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin confirmed all the worst anti-Russian prejudices in the world. He condemned his country to a new dingy period of isolation, censorship, and institutional stupidity.” @ClarkeMicah

The Lamp Magazine | The Russia We Have Lost

This urban legend, or something very like it, was sometimes told in Moscow, among journalists and diplomats, around the time I lived there in the early…

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Lots of funny stuff in the old Triumph letters section

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From a recent print edition. The great @ClarkeMicah is probably the first writer who has ever suggested that @herandrews "is not mean enough."

The Lamp Magazine | Partially Reformed

Helen Andrews Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster Sentinel, pp.256, $27.00 Helen Andrews just is not mean enough. But…

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2 years

Here’s a peek at the contents of our newest issue, shipping out to subscribers in two weeks. Don’t forget to subscribe or renew now so you can receive it!

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A new opinion piece from our guest contributor, Professor Thomas G. Wiggleby

The Lamp Magazine | Why the Bear Chewing on My Leg Should Stop Doing…

If Americans simply reach back to our founding principles—the Anti-Catholicism of John Adams, the Anti-Catholicism of Thomas Jefferson, and the…

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From a happy reader in the northeast. Send us photos as your copies arrive.

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> Why do ducks have flat feet? To stamp out burning fires. > Why do elephants have flat feet? To stamp out burning ducks. contest @thelampmagazine .com

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We are looking for at least one-part time summer intern! No résumé required, just an interest in magazine work. More information is here.

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We’ll be here until 7:30pm. Stop by!

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A while ago we asked readers where we should host our first-ever in-person happy hour. The overwhelming favorite was South Bend. So please join us on Friday, November 12 at St. Joseph's parish hall from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. All, as they say, are welcome.

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Giorgio Agamben's piece from our most recent issue, out from behind the paywall as a preview.

The Lamp Magazine | The Medical Religion

It has been evident for quite a while that science has become our time’s religion, the thing which people believe that they believe in. Three systems of…

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From a happy reader. They're rolling in.

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“What really worries me is that the mean-minded enemies of Christian civilisation have noticed the real character of monarchy, and realized that, even in its gentle British form, it is a menace to them,” writes @ClarkeMicah

The Lamp Magazine | Things that are gone to decay

The colossal and forlorn great church is also the necropolis of France’s defunct monarchy. Soon after I had persuaded myself by reason to support…

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The cover of our Trinity 2023 issue:

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In memory of the late Gerald Russello, whose birthday would have been today, read his final published essay on his years of teaching religious education in New York.

The Lamp Magazine | Milites Christi

In my own parish, a number of us who were working from home began volunteering for the weekday religious education program, where there never were enough…

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The only three publications you need--- @countyhwy , @thelampmagazine , and @amconmag .

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Also, as of late last week we are officially sold out of issue one, which means that we are increasing our print run for number two. This was something we hoped might happen five or six issues from now. Thank you all so much!

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"Upon rereading The Wind in the Willows, my conviction has grown only stronger that Mr. Badger of the Wild Wood comes from a very old Catholic recusant family."

The Lamp Magazine | Mr. Badger’s Family History

Enthusiasts will remember that the climactic Battle of Toad Hall is won with a sneak attack enabled by Badger’s knowledge of secret passage leading into…

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"In spite of their manifold oppositions, Gibbon and Brown are actually more similar than one would initially think, and it is these similarities that come to the fore of Brown’s long-anticipated intellectual memoir." @smalwigwamlight

The Anti-Gibbon

Gibbon and Peter Brown are actually more similar than one might think, and it is these similarities that come to the fore of Brown’s intellectual memoir.

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An unmissable appreciation by @EduardHabsburg of the most neglected James Bond novel, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN:

The Lamp Magazine | The Man With the Golden Gun: an Appreciation

If there were a novelistic equivalent, my Black Sheep would be The Man With The Golden Gun , the last James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. But first,…

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Unlike Vader, Satan, who “hates goodness and does not wish us to enjoy the happiness which he himself has lost,” never repents.

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"Why does anyone go to Mass?" asks @matthewwalther

Why Does Anyone Go to Mass?

On the juju.

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On not whining

The Lamp Magazine | You mad, bro(thers)?

One cause of anger about things in the Church is, I think, confusion about two questions. I think these are good things to want, but it doesn’t seem that…

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Write for us instead, Professor! We know you have a great piece in you on George Smiley, the hope of the post-war European order, and the Catholic roots of the E.U.

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Never been one of them, but the intellectual demise of First Things is depressing and a bad sign for those who care about the mental and cultural state of all things Christian and Catholic

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London readers—please join our editors @matthewwalther and @NicXTempore on the evening of Monday, August 1, at the Nags Head for an informal happy hour at 7:30 p.m.

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You can now preorder your Lamp-branded tote bag, made in New Hampshire of durable 15oz cotton and available in small or medium sizes. Shipping is free and begins late next week! Small ($25): Medium ($30):