Homosexuals says the Catechism of the Catholic Church must be treated with respect compassion and sensitivity Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided No 2358 Would that John Gibson of Fox News applied that dictum equally to the actor Heath Ledger who
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‘Let There Be No Divisions Among You’
When lecturing on Paul s first letter to Corinthians Daniel J Harrington S J my colleague at Weston Jesuit School of Theology tells our students that there are no problems in the Church today that did not exist in some form in the early church at Corinth This insight can be consoling
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Shame on WHO?
Bill Clinton had another tantrum yesterday The Clintons ran a highly deceptive radio ad attacking Obama a South Carolina official who supports Obama challenged its veracity and the press asked the former president about it Clinton blamed the Obama campaign for feeding the story to the media a
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Holdin On
America has a new online article by Jesuit scholastic Sean Dempsey S J who was recently ordained a deacon and will be ordained a Catholic priest this coming June Dempsey is a pop-culture aficionado extraordinaire a vocation not often found among religious but crucial in my opinion for evang
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Mark 3, 1-6: Jesus, the Tradition, his death
Mark 3 1-6 the Gospel for today tells of Jesus curing of a withered hand In itself a noteworthy miracle an expression of good will of love But Mark sets the miracle in a context of controversy they continued to watch to see if Jesus would cure on the Sabbath and once he cured t
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GC Update: Virtual Prayer Room
The 35th General Congregation is the first where the world has been able to follow along nearly in real time–thanks to the Internet–the workings of the Congregation Creighton s website and Don Doll s photos have helped many feel a sense of closeness to the proceedings Pictured above f
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Lip Service to Life
The annual March for Life has come and gone One of its more bizarre qualities is the way GOP presidents participate by recorded message or telephone hook-up but never in person This began during Ronald Reagan s presidency when some advisors did not want a photo beamed around the world of Reaga
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Entering the Jesuits During a Time of Scandal
James T. Keane, S.J., discusses his article “Vocation and Crisis,” about his decision to enter the Jesuits during the height of the sexual abuse crisis. Listen to this episode
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The Body Politic and the Body of Christ
Though the compilers of the lectionary probably did not have the Presidential primary season in mind when selecting this week s passage from 1 Corinthians it is difficult for me as a resident of South Carolina to read these words from Paul without thinking of electoral politics With the Republ
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“A Simple Homily” from Father Nicolas
A brief excerpt and then a link to the full text of Father Adolfo Nicolas s Homily at the Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday the day after his election as Jesuit Superior General He began by noting that it was not a message for the whole world but instead a simple homily And then this exc