07 August 2014, The Tablet

If the Qur’an is the medium of Islam and the Torah for Jews, it is Mary who carries Jesus


 
The first surprise was Chicago itself. A real city. A place through which the peoples of the world flow and mingle, looking at each other across the great divides of culture and learn that the world is bigger than they imagined. Cities teach people how to get along with those different from themselves. But Chicago is also a place where the public sense of beauty has not been destroyed by the lust for private enrichment. Chicago invented the skyscraper and has continued to improvise on the theme in the way of its great jazz musicians. The line-up of building styles suggests more than an obsession with property values. There is a sense of responsible but daring good taste that is aware that the environment in which people live and work and travel affects their soul. Betsy, who proudly showe
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