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The Good Word
It is almost too much to comprehend the ways in which the Body and Blood of Christ are present and real to us and nourish us We have a type of this heavenly food in the manna in the desert which Deuteronomy 8 3 says is food nbsp ldquo which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted in ord
In All Things
In mourning the recent death of saxophonist Clarence Clemons Timothy Egan has a column in the New York Times about the significance for rock fans of the interracial friendship of Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen He revises Martin Luther King Jr s famous observation about Sunday morning bei
In All Things
I keep running into this passage from Caritas in Veritate and am always struck by its uncanny relevance to the politics of the present moment in the U S and in my state of Ohio 25 From the social point of view systems of protection and welfare already present in many countries in Paul VI s day
In All Things
Here is an important article to read H t to Dotcommonweal nbsp Karen J Terry the lead nbsp investigator for the John Jay College nbsp study on the Causes and Contexts of clerical sexual abuse in the church responds to critics who faulted the conclusions of the study and the methods used to
In All Things
America s editors are always on the lookout for ways of alerting their readers to important developments regarding the environment nbsp So when our film critic John P McCarthy asked if we wanted a review nbsp of the new movie The Last Mountain we said yes immediately nbsp The film takes a har
In All Things
I rsquo ve got a soft spot in my heart for women religious nbsp Maybe you do too nbsp It rsquo s not surprising nbsp I rsquo ve known so many who have been my teachers spiritual directors confidants role models nbsp and friends nbsp And of course so many of my saintly heroes hav
In All Things
Just posted to our home page this video pilgrimage to the shrine if Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini in Manhattan Thanks to Fr Jim Martin and Kerry Weber for their on and off air talents We hope to post more of these over the course of the summer Tim Reidy nbsp
In All Things
The Times Literary Supplement has posted this essay on the cheeriness of G K Chesterton free online You must read it The piece is occasioned by Ian Ker s new biography of Chesterton which will be reviewed in our pages soon But particularly intriguing are Bernard Manzo s reflections on a book
In All Things
When I was visiting China about five years ago and people-watching on the main drags of Beijing and Shanghai two things stood out One I had grown up imagining the Chinese people as shorter than those in the western world but here were young men much taller than I I rsquo m 6 rsquo 3 rdquo lo
In All Things
A documentary shown last night on the BBC told a familiar story of clerical sex abuse Four members of the Rosminian order regularly abused boys in their care at two schools -- one in the UK the other in Africa -- in the 1950s Abused - breaking the silence was an extremely well-made sensitive f
In All Things
Americans sometimes evince an erroneous understanding of an idea that is in the bedrock of U S government mdash the separation of church and state One commonly sees this misunderstanding in letters to the editor and blog comments about such controversial topics as gay marriage abortion and end-o
The Good Word
I am honored by Professor Joseph Trabbic rsquo s generous response to me Reading with the Spirit A Response to John Martens and I am in agreement with almost all that he writes nbsp I sometimes wonder if a part of the problem under which I labor in discussions on biblical interpretation is that
In All Things
I rsquo m of two minds when it comes to air conditioning At work I set my air conditioner thermostat to 75 or 76 degrees Since my office is compact that setting keeps me cool and able to concentrate all day long Except on the hottest days of summer my workplace is a little box of bliss When I
FaithIn All Things
Aloysius Gonzaga needs rescuing from the hands of overly pious artists.
In All Things
ldquo Collectors do want tried-and-tested artists rdquo This remark quoted in a recent review of the Swiss art festival Art Basel struck me It was uttered in part to explain the absence of emerging talents on view this year As this gallery spokesman said in effect the reason there so few ne
Ideas
To find evidence of the value of Christian holiness, we should look beyond the experience of believers.
Signs Of the Times
Budget cuts in many states caused school districts to eliminate or reduce their summer nutrition programs.
Signs Of the Times
The latest of the four Amazon activists to be killed was Adelino Ramos, a farmer and leader of the Corumbiara Peasant Movement.
Signs Of the Times
"There are many terrible scenarios that are pointing to war," Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala said.