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In All Things
Last month our editor Fr Drew Christiansen traveled to Lambeth Palace to take part in a conference sponsored by the archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster aimed at supporting the Christian community in the Holy Land You can read our report on the conference here Now Religion and Ethics newsl
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Today is the Feast of Blessed Pierre Favre S J one of the early Jesuit companions and an overlooked Jesuit hero nbsp Often called the Second Jesuit Favre was said by St Ignatius Loyola the founder of the Society of Jesus nbsp to be the man best suited to direct others in his Spiritual Ex
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Following up on recommendations issued last month by the Institute of Medicine the Department of Health and Human Services issued new guidelines today on mandatory care for women Beginning August 2012 new health insurance plans will be required to include women rsquo s preventive services such as
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The Chicago-based Catholic reform group Call to Action was profiled by the Chicago News Cooperative highlighting their efforts for a discussion on women s ordination and gay rights From the article with an oddly confrontational headline The group Call to Action an organization for reform-mind
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Do you know how much we owe Who owns it How about how the debt was acquired though presidential markers The New York Times and the Boston Globe nbsp recently created a chart to help clarify the numbers of the debt crisis The graphic link is here nbsp Enjoy nbsp Michael L Avery nbsp nbsp
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A brand-new reviewer for our online Culture section Bryan McCarthy a DPhil candidate in theology at Oxford University writes about the touching new movie Terri where McCarthy and the characters found grace nbsp Fundamentally the new film nbsp Terri directed by Azazel Jacob is about grac
Film
'Terri' presents a pair of quirky but inspiring characters who try to reveal the workings of grace in our world.
FaithThe Word
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Aug. 7, 2011
From Stephen M. Colecchi, a pilgrimage of sorrow and hope to a country scarred by war
Editorials
Some Catholics make an idol out of ideology, elevating personal responsibility while diminishing communal obligations.
New voter ID laws subvert democracy and Catholic teaching.
Signs Of the Times
The bishop of Toledo, Ohio, has prohibited parishes and parochial schools from raising funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which conducts breast cancer research
An open letter on the Institute of Medicine's health care proposals
Signs Of the Times
It was the third episcopal ordination this year arranged by China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs that had not received papal approval.
Signs Of the Times
The move followed the publication of the Cloyne Report on clerical sexual abuse and "denotes the seriousness of the situation," the Vatican said.
Signs Of the Times
Archbishop Pietro Sambi was a career diplomat who also served as ambassador to Israel and Palestine.
