For many readers Jim Forest is inextricably connected to The Catholic Worker movement which he joined in 1961 when he was a part-time student at Hunter College and after his discharge from the U S Navy as a conscientious objector In his earlier books he has written well about Dorothy Day Thomas
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Corporations Are Not Citizens
Feeling discomfort fellow citizens Do you have a mild pain in the Congress and bloating in the White House Does globalization cause belching nausea or heartburn Here 8217 s something with a very low risk of side effects 8221 So the pharmaceutical industry might try to sell Robert Reich 82
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Foley Poetry Award: $1,000 Cash Prize
Submissions due March 31; $1,000 prize
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Gordon Zahn, Prophet of Peace
Remembering a Catholic pacifist and founder of Pax Christi USA
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Jesus Goes Public
The baptism of Jesus inaugurates his public ministry as an adult From Matthew 8217 s infancy narrative we have already learned that Jesus is the Messiah Son of God Son of David and King of the Jews From Matthew 8217 s description of John the Baptist we know that John was preparing the way of t
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Migration, the Larger Picture
Amid the negative rhetoric of some presidential candidates who seek to exploit the issue of undocumented immigrants, it is important to keep in mind a larger view of “people on the move.” What is happening in the United States represents just a small part of a worldwide phenomenon. A ma
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St. Paul and women
As indicated in an earlier blog in THE GOOD WORD there are a number of passages in the writings of St Paul which suggest understandings of and limitations on women that seem unreasonable nbsp It is too long a project to analyze here all of these passages – indeed a fair and final nbsp evaluat
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Epiphany – January 6
When asked to paint the Sistine Chapel in Rome Michelangelo followed a scheme in which he alternates Jewish prophets with pagan oracles nbsp His goal was to offer the viewer the Christian belief that all wisdom whether it be Jewish or pagan looks to one person Jesus Christ himself also
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What were they thinking?
For terminal politicos like me last night was a much coveted but rarely experienced moment of real political drama No one knew what was going to happen in yesterday s Iowa caucuses This just doesn t happen in elections any more and it was fun to watch There is more than enough analysis of th