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In All Things
Was he a Chaput-in Sorry The new director of the USCCB Department of Justice Peace and Human Development has been named Replacing the legendary John Carr is frankly an unknown quantity to me and someone from completely outside the conference universe Jonathan J Reyes Ph D president an
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We are pleased to post this guest blog from Anna Nussbaum Keating Though Catholics make up 27 of the electorate there is no such thing as ldquo the Catholic vote rdquo The Democrats are closer to the Catholic position on immigration and the environment the Republicans are closer to the Cathol
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The American Conservative makes the case that beat novelist Jack Kerouac while claimed by hippies and Occupiers is at heart nbsp nbsp Catholic and conservative ldquo The Catholic Church is a weird church rdquo Jack later wrote to his friend and muse Neal Cassady ldquo Much mysticism is sown
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nbsp Why have children nbsp ldquo Hey Mom have you heard about the new book asking why have children rdquo nbsp My son who rsquo s asking is 47 the youngest of six sons and one daughter aged 57 to 47 nbsp We are helping each other do the dishes after a convivial family dinner nbsp
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If you were in the Bronx last night that rumbling sound you heard was not an earthquake or even an especially loud subway car rolling past it was the sound of 3 000 Fordham students faculty Jesuits and guests cheering for Timothy Cardinal Dolan the archbishop of New York and Stephen Colbert
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Cambridge MA As readers will know I am hopeful about the possibility of our learning across religious boundaries I have repeatedly explained that this has nothing to do with losing Christian faith or learning things that are wicked and harmful it is a matter of seeking truth where it is to be
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I met briefly with Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough Wednesday at the closing of the symposium ldquo International Religious Freedom An Imperative for Peace and the Common Good rdquo sponsored jointly by The Institute for Policy Research amp Catholic Studies the United States
The Good Word
I lift my hand to my mouth taking one last look at the world The berries have just passed my lips when the trumpets begin to blare rdquo It rsquo s not quite Socrates sipping the hemlock but it rsquo s probably a better known scene at least among young people It ends ldquo The frantic voic
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We are happy to post this guest blog from Elias Mallon S A on the occasion of Pope Benedict s visit to Lebanon this weekend Dr Mallon a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement is education and interreligious affairs officer at the Catholic Near East Welfare Association In ecumenical discussions ab
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I am on my way back from a conference on ecclesiology and ethnography that took place in the north of England at the University of Durham The theme of the conference was ldquo Ordinary Ecclesiology rdquo and most of the papers mdash from presenters hailing from the UK Western Europe and the U
In All Things
It is sadly ironic that the horrible news out of Libya where the ambassador and three consular employees were killed after mob violence engulfed the U S consulate in Benghazi comes this morning as I travel to Washington for two days of conferences on the contemporary challenges to international r
In All Things
To mark this week s nbsp release of the nbsp paperback edition of Between Heaven and Mirth I was asked by nbsp HarperOneVideo nbsp to film nbsp Forty Days of Funny a series of 40 jokes over the space of 40 days to remind nbsp readers and viewers nbsp that laughter is a gift from God humor is
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This guest blog post comes courtesy of Joseph McShane S J the president of Fordham University In August Fordham University mdash along with Boston College DePaul Georgetown Holy Cross Marquette Notre Dame and San Francisco mdash filed an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in the case o
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The Cristo Rey model of schools begun in the Pilsen area of Chicago by John Foley SJ is one of the great ideas of the Jesuits in this country in the last 25 years nbsp Essentially high-school students from poorer backgrounds work to help defray the cost of their tuition and at the same time g
In All Things
James Martin S J recently made the case on this blog that he should have been invited to speak at the Republican and Democratic conventions Among other things he explained in Why I Should Speak at the Conventions it would secure the party that invited him the Jesuit vote not to mention that
Signs Of the Times
Creighton’s School of Medicine remains “confident it can maintain the Catholic and Jesuit values” among students training in the Phoenix hospital.
Coptic Christians in Egypt claim their ancient roots.
Signs Of the Times
Experts say high levels of family violence in Latin America are not surprising in a region that also has the greatest gap between rich and poor.
Letters
Protect the Vulnerable Re “After Aurora” (Editorial, 8/13): The editors’ support for gun control ignores the practical benefits of private gun ownership. Research by Dr. John R. Lott Jr. (More Guns, Less Crime, 1998) shows that states that allow citizens to carry concealed weapons