<p>This lecture was given on April 21, 2022 at The Christian Heritage Centre at Stonyhurst as part of "Catholicism and the Arts: An Intellectual Retreat."
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Fr Uwe Michael Lang, a native of Nuremberg, Germany, is a priest of the Oratory of St P ... Show More
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