Two images came to mind as I finished this terrific new history of American Catholics. First, I thought of John Nava’s tapestries lining the walls of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles, where a dozen anonymous faithful seamlessly blend into the Communion of Saints, including notables like John Chrysostom, Joan of Arc, and Frances Cabrini, all turn (...)
December 19, 2008
Books
God's Country
The Faithful A History of Catholics in AmericaJames M. O’TooleHarvard University Press, $27.95, 384 pp.
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