Philip F. Lawler - The American Spectator

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Philip F. Lawler

by Josh Eberly

April 19, 2016, 12:00 AM

Philip F. Lawler is the editor of Catholic World News (cwnews.com) and the author of The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture (Encounter).