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In All Things
There are a number of reasons why we the editors of America got into the business of writing And as you can see from our new promotional video below there are also some good reasons why we did not choose careers in broadcasting A blessed Advent to all Please consider giving the gift o
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According to a CNS story I overlooked that was posted earlier this week Mercy Sister Margaret McBride has been restored to Catholic in good standing status Sister McBride s automatic excommunication was publicly noted by Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmsted because of her role in approving an abortion
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Cambridge MA Readers will recall that back in June I blogged on an essay on Beliefnet by Rajiv Malhotra on Spirit is not the same as Shakti or Kundalini I intended simply to call attention of American readers to this thoughtful post by a Hindu author The comments on my piece however in
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Former Sen Rick Santorum who appears still to be running for president is making headlines in Iowa for flouting the teachings of the Catholic Church on immigration despite his very public professions of faith From the Des Moines Register The nation rsquo s Roman Catholic bishops are wrong by ca
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The good news of course for America is that U S troops are returning home and the costly adventure in Iraq drawing to a close According to the timetable endorsed by Iraq and the United States virtually all U S troops should be on their way home by the end of December The bad news What is to
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Signs Of the Times
The team will also be responsible for the further study of liturgical music and singing.
Theater
'Godspell' is less a traditional musical than a combination praise service and theater-games exercise.
Books
Jennifer Haigh's 'Faith' forces one to contemplate ones relationships and consider ones fears.
Columns
I was not prepared for the scenes of devastation I encountered in Christchurch.
Letters
Losing to Islam and New Age “The Changing Face of Theology” (10/24), by T. Howland Sanks, S.J., gives us cause to reread an earlier article in America by Roger Haight, S.J. (3/17/08). Theology is not static or dead, as we were taught in the Baltimore Catechism—and left with only th
Signs Of the Times
Pope Benedict XVI urged international leaders meeting in Durba, South Africa to reach a credible agreement on climate change.
Signs Of the Times
The move marks a break with a cluster of recent ordinations made without Vatican consent.
We are here in Panama,” stated Naderev Sano, “to tell the world that climate change is a matter of life and death for the Philippines.” Sano is commissioner of the Filipino Climate Change Comission, and he spoke these words at a meeting held in preparation for the UN meeting on cli
A labor strategist's tools include faith, Scripture and social teaching.
Signs Of the Times
Bevilacqua’s longtime secretary for clergy, Msgr. William Lynn, right, is charged with felony child endangerment and conspiracy.