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In All Things
Today is the Feast of St Charles Lwanga and Companions also known as the Ugandan Martyrs or the African Martyrs nbsp The story is not particularly well known in the United States but in Africa the martyrs are an important part of the Catholic and Anglican tradition nbsp During my time wit
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Even as the North and South Sudan sought to extricate themselves from the crisis in Abyei more evidence emerged today that violence will prove a plague on both sides of Sudan s border Citing confidential U N documents it has acquired the Associated Press is reporting that Southern Sudan soldiers
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Our blogger Vince Miller has pledged to take up this question in his next blog post but meanwhile here is a reflection from Stephen Schneck at Catholic U The root of the word subsidiarity is the Latin subsiduum which is also the same root for our English word subsidy Subsiduum was used among o
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Loyola Productions has just released this video online a segment from the DVD Who Cares about the Saints nbsp A brief introduction to the life and times of Fr M Louis Merton OCSO
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Gallup released a poll on the morality of a slew of issues and doctor-assisted suicide emerges as the most controversial cultural issue According to the poll 45 of Americans think physician-assisted suicide is morally acceptable while 48 say it is not Interestingly this number remains somew
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An extensive and well-reported review on the Newshour of the Vatican AIDS Conference with interviews with some key figures
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A Tijuana priest missing for over a week has become the latest casualty of the growing violence in Mexico Fides reports that Father Salvador Ruiz Enciso 51 disappeared from his parish in the city of Tijuana northern Mexico near the border with the United States DNA from a body found May 23 bu
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Archbishop Dolan has a post on his blog that attempts to balance the damage done by Republican use of his cordial response to Congressman Ryan nbsp While the Archbishop offers a clear articulation of Catholic commitment to the common good and the preferential option for the poor and very nicely y
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From Mensaje magazine via Mirada Global ldquo Obama rsquo s useless trip rdquo was the title that Spanish newspaper El Pa iacute s used to summarize the overall impression after U S President rsquo s trip to Latin America last March While it was intended to become a re-foundational moment in th
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For purposes of discussion let us define ldquo love rdquo not in sense of romance but in the more philosophical definition of nbsp ldquo wishing the other well rdquo In this way of thinking to love Israel is to feel a moral commitment to its future and then to advise it mdash as we would ad
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In a defeat for both the Catholic Church and the government just over half of the voters of the Mediterranean island of Malta pop 412 000 voted Saturday to allow divorce Malta is the last European country -- and one of the few left in the world -- where divorce is illegal The Prime Minister L
Signs Of the Times
Researchers acknowledged that there is uncertainty about the scale of future risk, but argued, “Uncertainty is not a reason for inaction."
Signs Of the Times
“Things are worse than I thought,” said a volunteer for Caritas Japan cleaning up a community damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Books
Whatever fed Alice Neels desire to paint cannot be explained by the facts of her complex life.
Television
HBO’s 'Too Big to Fail' chronicles the financial crisis created by Wall Street's rash risk-taking.
Suggestions for theologians and bishops in search of common ground
Signs Of the Times
Bishop Blase J. Cupich says the report offers an explanation, but not an excuse for the abuse scandal that engulfed the United States.