Table of Contents
Preface 13
The Critical Arabist Fouad Ajami (1945-2014) 15
Hearing Rumors of Angels Peter L. Berger (1929-2017) 17
A Christian Gentleman in Washington James H. Billington (1929-2018) 21
Mother-Daughter Act Lindy Boggs (1916-2013) Cokie Roberts (1943-2019) 25
The Well-Dressed Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) 29
The Courtly Shipbuilder Robert J. Breskovich (1926-1993) 32
Death with Real Dignity Don J. Briel (1947-2018) 34
Tte Publicist William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) 38
Enemy Become Friend Charles W. Colson (1931-2012) 41
The Trade Unionist William C. Doherty, Jr. (1926-2011) 43
The Overseas Brit and Sichuan Country Girl Audrey Donnithorne (1922-2020) 45
Leader of "The Few" Hugh Dowding (1882-1970) 50
Abraham Lincoln in Full Pontificals Avery Dulles, S.J. (1918-2008) 53
A Meaningful Cosmos Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 57
California Dreamin', Missin' the Real Thing Cass Elliott (1941-1974) Denny Doherty (1940-2007) 60
The Doolittle Raiders William Farrow (1918-1942) Dean Hallmark (1914-1942) Robert Meder (1917-1943) 63
The China Missioner Francis X. Ford, M.M. (1892-1952) 65
The Black Prince Bernardin Gantin (1922-2008) 67
A Cardinal Conquering Pain Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. (1937-2015) 70
The "Loud-Mouthed Irish Priest" Andrew M. Greeley (1928-2013) 75
James Madison Meets Frank Zappa Václav Havel (1936-2011) 78
The Clear-Eyed Phenomenologist Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889-1977) 81
The Exile Become National Hero Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. (1933-2017) 84
The Majesty of the Rule of Law Henry J. Hyde (1924-2007) 88
The Last Adult Henry M. Jackson (1912-1983) 93
A Modern Martyr Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943) 97
Conviction Changing History Pope Saint John Paul II (1920-2005) 100
The Broadness of a Gauge Pope Saint John Paul II (1920-2005) 105
The Negotiator Max Kampelman (1920-2013) 108
The Lutheran Catholic Pastor Leonard Klein (1945-2019) 110
The Great Pathologist of the Most Lethal Heresy Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009) 114
Brightening Friday Mornings Charles Krauthammer (1950-2018) 117
A Blessing for the World Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007) 119
Papal Bull Paul V. Mankowski, S.J. (1953-2020) 121
Number 89 Gino Marchetti (1926-2019) 124
A Good Man in a Tough Business John R. Miller (1938-2017) 127
The Great Catholic "What If?" Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) 131
"Xavier Rynne" Francis X. Murphy, C.Ss.R (1915-2002) 133
Number 84 Jim Mutscheller (1930-2015) 136
The Portavoce Joaquín Navarro-Valls (1936-2017) 138
First Things First Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) 145
A Tzaddik for the World Michael Novak (1933-2017) 150
The Polish American Knight Jan Nowak-Jezioranski (1915-2005) 155
The Hillbilly Thomist as Apologist Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) 158
The Conscientious Washington Lawyer Robert C. Odle, Jr. (1944-2019) 161
K Street Evangelist Arne Panula (1946-2017) 164
An American Original Robert Pickus (1923-2016) 167
Cosmic Traveler Pioneer 10 (1972-) 172
Ferocity, Courage, and Grace Frank Robinson (1935-2019) 175
The Pioneer Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) 179
The Paradoxical Peacemaker Anwar Sadat (1918-1981) 182
The Old-School Jesuit James V. Schall, S.J. (1928-2019) 185
The Truth about Conscience Sophie Scholl (1921-1943) 188
He Had a Hammer (and Sickle) Pete Seeger (1919-2014) 191
The Best of a Troubling Clan R. Sargent Shriver (1915-2011) 194
Son-in-Law Robert Charles Susil (1974-2010) 196
The Homeric Manager Earl Weaver (1930-2013) 198
Mom Betsy Schmitz Weigel (1914-2009) 202
Dad George Shillow Weigel (1921-2004) 207
Literary Brilliance, with a Caveat Tom Wolfe (1930-2018) 211
The Storyteller Herman Wouk (1915-2019) 213
Acknowledgments 217
Sources 219
Photo Credits 222