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In All Things
lt lt The American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth Edition Text Revision DSM-IV-TR criteria for Pedophilia 302 2 are A Over a period of at least 6 months recurrent intense sexually arousing fantasies sexual urges or behaviors invol
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The new John Jay Report on the causes and contexts of the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic church includes a finding that will probably surprise many observers.
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A report prepared by researchers from New York rsquo s John Jay College of Criminal Justice on the abuse of children by Catholic priests in the United States offers a complex portrait of the reasons that led to the sexual assaults that will probably not satisfy anyone looking for simple answers or e
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Our latest Web only article looks at the Byzantine Church s transition to a new liturgical translation The author the Rev Michael N Kane is pastor of a Byantine church in Florida and a professor at Florida Atlantic University Several years ago the Byzantine-Ruthenian Church in the United Stat
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This weekend I was honored to be invited to deliver the Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania my alma mater nbsp So I decided to tell the Class of 2011 a little about not taking themselves so seriously nbsp This is is a religious event so let me begin with a parable There s a
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The National Research Council of the National Academies released a report on May 12 in another addition nbsp to the scientific consensus on the reality of climate change and the various hazards posed by the phenomenon According to the report the last in the ldquo America rsquo s Climate Choices r
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It s usually pretty hard to get excited about Queen Elizabeth II visiting other countries The four-day visit she began today however is different Ireland shares a language a border and an awful lot of history with the UK yet this was the first visit by a British monarch in more than 100 years
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During a canon law class in 1965 I noticed that the professor rsquo s notes listed publications that were either ldquo forbidden rdquo or which we should approach with caution On the list was The Nation Somewhere I had also read that America had been founded over 100 years ago to offset the
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Surprising news or at least surprisingly blunt news from CNS Pope s reform of the reform in liturgy to continue cardinal saysCatholic News Service nbsp nbsp By John Thavis VATICAN CITY CNS -- Pope Benedict XVI s easing of restrictions on use of the 1962 Roman Missal known as the Tridentin
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From Mensaje magazine via Mirada Global a strong critique of France s decision to prohibit women from wearing the burka in public Respecting freedom of religion is respecting human rights Considering the differences between secularity and religion implies entering into a dialogue respecting fre
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A brief but interesting article in the New York Times Magazine this weekend noted the economic differences among the various religious denominations in the United States Of course education plays a role too The most affluent of the major religions mdash including secularism mdash is Reform
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The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith CDF has written to the world s 5 000 Catholic bishops asking them to introduce clear and coordinated procedures for dealing with clerical sex abuse allegations and laying out the principles which should govern them Cardinal William
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We print here the full text of a Circular Letter dated 3 May and released today which has been sent to all bishops by Cardinal William Levada prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith laying out the considerations governing local bishops conference guidelines on the handling of
Signs Of the Times
“John Paul II is blessed because of his faith—a strong, generous and apostolic faith,” Pope Benedict said on May 1.
Film
Roland Joffé presents a prehistory of St. Josemaria Escriva
Signs Of the Times
Spring storms of historic intensity ravaged communities broadly throughout the South creating destruction in “unheard of proportions.”
Books
A new biography of the poet and controversialist Andrew Marvell
Signs Of the Times
In an invitation to pray with U.S. deportees, Kenneth J. Gavin, S.J., assistant international director of Jesuit Refugee Service, said, “The most forgotten and vulnerable people in our country are largely housed in detention centers run by the federal government.” • The U.S. bishops
