While the commentariat has covered the religious aspects of the GOP primary extensively few are looking at how religion may affect the Democratic race They should eight of the 22 states that vote next Tuesday have populations that are more than 30 Roman Catholic including the biggest prizes of
2008
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Creation in the Wisdom of Solomon
There are so many passages in the Bible that lend themselves to the development of an ecojustice perspective Such a section is found in the Wisdom of Solomon a relatively little known and even less frequently cited source of ancient Israelite wisdom It is a reinterpretation of an earlier traditio
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Polls, Endorsements, & Other Worthless Campaign Items
Listening to Juan Williams on Fox News cite Hillary Clinton s continued lead in national polls as evidence that the race was still hers to lose two words came to mind Rudy Giuliani If anyone ever wondered about the value of a national poll the ever-shrinking candidacy of Giuliani should persua
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Gone Fishing
Senator Barack Obama went fishing for endorsements and landed the equivalent of a thirty-five pound Cape Cod striper Senator Ted Kennedy has decided to endorse Obama the big winner in Saturday s Democratic primary in South Carolina This is big Kennedy s titanic political figure casts a hu
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The South Carolina Blowout
Analysts will spend the next few days sorting through the exit poll data checking crosstabs to determine how and why Barack Obama managed to lap Hillary Clinton beating her by 28 points 55 to 27 in South Carolina s primary But three facts stand out Hillary Clinton lost the female vote
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Pope Meets with Father General
From the latest press release from GC35 Father General Adolfo Nicol s capped an eventful week as the newly elected superior general of the Jesuits with a private audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI The Saturday audience began with a photo session and then the two sat down for a warm
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Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul: Jan. 25
St Luke tells about the conversion then missioning of St Paul on three different occasions Acts 9 22 and 26 nbsp Though the number of details which change in these three accounts is great there is one repeated phrase which runs through them all nbsp Saul Saul why do you persecute Me nb
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This I Believe
This essay aired as a commentary on NPR Weekend Edition on Sunday January 6 I watch what I do to see what I really believe Belief and faith are not just words It s one thing for me to say I m a Christian but I have to embody what it means I have to live it So writing this essay and kn
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‘If there are difficulties, it is because we are so close.’
Excerpts from a new interview taken from the CNS wire service with the new Jesuit Superior General in which he dilates on the Jesuits relationship with the Vatican the way that Asia changed him and his admiration for Gandhi ROME CNS by Cindy Wooden — The obedience affection and
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Niceness Is Breaking Out All Over
The GOP debate last night lacked the rough-and-tumble of previous such efforts Moderator Tim Russert frustrated at his inability to start a skirmish said afterwards that he felt like the candidates had signed a non-aggression pact before the show This niceness probably helps McCain whose South