person,” inviolabili personae humanae dignitati; this object of opposition or attack differs from the original Italian text of Pope Francis quoted by 2267, which corresponds to the Vatican English translation. ↩

Joseph Arias is Assistant Professor of Theology and Dean of Students at the Graduate School of Christendom College in Alexandria, Virginia, where he serves as faculty advisor for students concentrating in moral theology. He earned an ecclesiastical Doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of America, and STB and STL degrees from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, in Washington, D.C.

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So many words, so much explanation, so many inferences, so much extrapolation, so obscure the direction, so little clarity in the resulting prose (English, Italian, Latin). What ever happened toJACKSON, Tenn. – April 20, 2009 – A new book by Union University’s Harry Lee (Hal) Poe seeks to correct some of the misconceptions about his ancestor, Edgar Allan Poe.

“He’s generally thought of as a gloomy, dark loner, obsessed with death and that sort of thing, said Hal Poe, the Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture at Union. “Actually, he was a rather cheerful, witty, friendly person who enjoyed music and singing with his friends around the piano.”

In the new book, “Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories,” Poe provides some biographical information about Edgar Allan Poe, who was his great-great grandfather’s cousin. The popular picture of Edgar Allan Poe as brooding and depressed was created by one of his literary enemies, Rufus Griswold,