Pelaez at the chapter cites canon law and Trent,chasing the trail of an argumentthrough tomes and memorials to a faraway throne:The Church in these islands⁠—a Church of our own. At his parish, Gomes hurries to his Masslike a student, a scholar eternally in class.He turns to his townsfolk, his people, and seesa purpose, a mission, […]

The Secularization Movement (poem)