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In All Things
A while back I wrote a piece highlighting the resonance Lady Gaga s message of radical inclusivity has with young people and what the church might take from that Now The Economist compares the remarkable branding success of Lady Gaga and Mother Theresa From the post It is not just that early i
In All Things
Elizabeth Johnson CSJ has finally responded at length to the public critique of her book Quest for the Living God by the USCCB s Committee on Doctrine nbsp It is a wise learned and gracious response that also demonstrates nbsp Sister Johnson s nbsp superlative command of the theological ques
In All Things
This time last year the clerical sex abuse crisis was raging across central Europe It has subsided now but aftershocks are still being felt In Germany and Austria where church members pay a tax unless they formally declare they have left it is possible to track with some accuracy the numbers o
In All Things
Is NATO sensing the impending collapse of the Qaddafi regime or of support for the air campaign from a Libya-skeptical Congress Whatever the cause it appears to have decided to dramatically escalate the air campaign over the capital city of Tripoli Western reporters counted 27 air strikes today t
In All Things
I once thought I might have to join or start a Penny Pinchers Anonymous group Frugality seemed old-fashioned something left over from having parents who remembered the Great Depression It seemed almost like a psychological problem or perhaps a bad habit to some of my grad school friends But I
In All Things
The bad news continues to leak out of the Boston archdiocese The archdiocese was again in the headlines today with a report that Boston may have to confront more shutdowns of parish and or church facilities after a nbsp radical reshuffling nbsp that would unite Boston s 291 parishes into 80 to 12
The Good Word
At nbsp The End of the Modern World etc Joe Trabbic a philosopher at Ave Maria University nbsp posted on ldquo Aquinas and Modern Biblical Exegesis rdquo nbsp on May 25 2011 It has generated no comments on the site which is odd since it is a lively and helpful piece Thomas on Scriptur
In All Things
Here s a confession I was biased when I saw Terrence Malick rsquo s astonishing new film ldquo The Tree of Life rdquo nbsp Very biased nbsp For one thing I am an enormous fan of I rsquo ll use the word since it fits the director rsquo s oeuvre nbsp One of the first things I read about M
The Good Word
One of the great beauties of the Church is the liturgical calendar and the eternal rhythms to which one becomes attuned One of the realities of writing with the Church rsquo s calendar is that soon you have written on almost every feast day It is a wonderful thing to turn one rsquo s mind to writi
In All Things
Caritas Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight the first woman to hold that position bid farewell May 27 to the Caritas community at its general assembly in Rome Knight had just finished to four-year term and was expected to be reappointed but her candidacy for the position was waved off by the cu
In All Things
Here is Sister Mary Ann Walsh director of media relations for the USCCB in Huffpo about the Woodstock explanation of the clergy sex abuse crisis nbsp The gray-haired hippies who are now retiring from proper jobs in areas such as education law medicine and public service agree They reflec
Signs Of the Times
The U.S. bishops' spring general assembly consider of a new document on physician-assisted suicide.
Editorials
Can the emerging Obama Doctrine initiate a genuine change in U.S. Mideast policy?
Film
In Terence Malick's "The Tree of Life," life is all about choosing between the way of nature and the way of grace.
Signs Of the Times
While the Palestinians welcomed the president’s proposal, they doubted that Israel would easily back away from Palestinian territory.
Signs Of the Times
Five patients and one visitor at St. John’s Regional Medical Center lost their lives in the twister.
Poetry
I know all this has been said a thousand times before and will be said after me.”
Signs Of the Times
An expert says media distorts John Jay's report as using the "blame Woodstock" explanation for priests' abuse of children.