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Blogs
The Vatican through the pope 39 s press spokesman announced that Pope Francis is working on his first encyclical dealing with the environment Not surprising that he chose this topic since it is a theme he has often broached On March 16 2013 Francis stated he chose the name of Francis of Assi
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
The U S population shifted away from small towns and toward major metropolitan areas from 2012 to 2013 according to data released by the Census Bureau on Thursday The annual Census report is a reminder that the Republican Party which has been doing worse and worse in big cities needs to move to
Film
Is it blasphemous to say that the problem with “Noah” is the story? That it may not be substantial enough to float a star-driven, effects-laden, $125-million movie? Or that director Darren Aronofsky’s attempt to hang flesh, blood, human logic and nautical mechanics on a tale that b
The Ignatian Educator
The nbsp Washington Post nbsp recently addressed the high number of Catholic and Jesuit institutions competing successfully in NCAA Men 39 s basketball nbsp Sixty-eight teams make it into the NCAA Division I men rsquo s championship mdash affectionately known as March Madness mdash each year
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In All Things
March 29th will mark a first in the history of papal audiences On Saturday Pope Francis will have a special audience for those who are deaf and blind It will be held in the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican While it is true that popes in the past have had met individually with people who were
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
There rsquo s got to be a study somewhere comparing styles of playing Monopoly to political party affiliation I can imagine a lot of grant proposals after this week rsquo s announcement that Hasbro is polling players on which ldquo house rule rdquo to add to Monopoly instruction manuals nbsp The
The Good Word
Many of us first visited Grover rsquo s Corners when we were in school Do you remember this scene from Thorton Wilder rsquo s nbsp Our Town Young Emily Webb has married her childhood sweetheart George Gibbs In fact when the play skips ahead to Act III she rsquo s born him a child and died whil
News
One man stepped into his new role promising change but has struggled to deliver it; the other, considered a “safe” choice by the men who elected him, turned out to be an effortless instigator of change from the moment he stepped out onto a Vatican balcony, greeting the world with a humbl
In All Things
The meeting between Pope Francis and President Obama can be described as a quot yes we can moment quot It has been said that under Blessed Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan a meeting of like-minded souls took place that helped to challenge and tear down a wall the Berlin Wall This
A collection of articles from John C. Ford, S.J., described by Aaron Pidel, S.J., as "one of the most eminent theologians of the 20th century and one of the least remembered in the 21st."
The Word
The Gospel of Matthew presents Palm Sunday in the context of one of the Gospel rsquo s many prophetic fulfillment citations which demonstrate that Jesus was the promised one who would establish the kingdom of God Matthew presents a free rendering of the prophecy from Zec 9 9 to explain Jesus rsquo
Books
The Cursillo de Cristiandad is a nearly 60-year-old lay-led Catholic renewal movement with origins on the island of Mallorca Spain whose signature event is a 72-hour short course in Christianity The Cursillo movement was inaugurated in 1944 by Eduardo Bonn n Aguil a Mallorcan Catholic layman
Books
James Buchan’s new book, Days of God: the Revolution in Iran and its Consequence
Books
In Cheating Lessons, James Lang presents the good and bad news about cheating in higher education.
Of Many Things
The catholic, cosmopolitan spirit Father Wynne instilled in America still animates our work.
Signs Of the Times
Conditions remain dire in the Central African Republic, and a U.N. official urged the international community to step up humanitarian aid efforts dramatically. Despite the end of the large-scale violence that rocked the nation in December and January, people are still being killed every day. “
Poetry
Snowflakes surprise us,small and aimless as we ourselves,so light they sift upwardsin random puppetry. Yesterday we arrived in Englandon the edge of April.Workers in orange suitshad de-iced the plane in Chicago. As we’d changed planesin Dublin, yellow hoses uncoiledon juddering machi
Letters
Back to Basics“See the Person” is relevant and interesting. However, the four elements that “should mark a new stance toward homosexuals and homosexuality” are a bit complicated. Why not just return to the basics of seeing all persons whom God has created? The catechism says
Film
Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’