Fr. Barron: Why I Loved to Listen to Christopher Hitchens

Also check out Marc Barnes tribute to Hitchens' admittedly brilliant style. Hitchens may have been a poor philosopher and theologian, but the man could write.

Whenever I read his poetic flourish, quotable wit, and keen British humor I thought, "This man is exactly what C.S. Lewis would have been had he remained an atheist."

 
  • "There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint." - Léon Bloy