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In All Things
In 2004 I was invited to serve as ldquo theological adviser rdquo to a production of a new nbsp Off-Broadway play nbsp The Last Days of Judas Iscariot written by the playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis nbsp The playwright put Judas Iscariot on trial for his betrayal of Jesus In nbsp A Jesuit Off-
In All Things
Religion News Service reports on the resignation of Ambassador Douglas Kmiec a prominent Catholic who supported President Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign and offered reasons as to why Catholics could support a pro-choice candidate The article by RNS writer Daniel Burke RNS The Sta
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Here s another take or at least nbsp different perspective from the John Thavis piece below nbsp John Allen NCR s Vatican correspondent is writing in Newsweek on the question of whether the Vatican is rushing the beatification process of Pope John Paul II nbsp Although one could argue from
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It s a beautiful story says Jon Krakauer of the harrowing and inspiring experiences that led to Greg Mortenson s best-selling Three Cups of Tea and it s a lie Oh boy What s this Following the 60 Minutes segment on Sunday that called into question many of the details of Mortenson s book
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An excellent article maybe the best short treament I ve read yet on the holiness of John Paul II soon to be beatified nbsp It s by John Thavis Catholic New Service s veteran Vatican correspondent and stresses his personal holiness that is his personal spiritual life and relationship to God
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Cardinal Donald Wuerl archbishop of Washington DC and chairman of the USCCB s Committee on Doctrine issued today a further nbsp explanation nbsp for the bishops critique of Sister Elizabeth Johnson s book Quest for the Living God and responded in particular to a statement nbsp published nbsp b
In All Things
Mother Teresa is quoted as saying God doesn t look at how much we do but with how much love we do it nbsp If you want to spend a couple hours getting to know someone whose life and work is permeated with a true and palpable sense of joy go see the documentary Bill Cunningham New York From
In All Things
Anyone else notice that the late David Foster Wallace s much-talked about but not fully finished novel The Pale King features a Jesuit accounting teacher I haven t read the book but it seems like a surprising character choice Is there anything to this or was Wallace just being clever mdash try
In All Things
ldquo The Silence rdquo a Frontline investigation of church abuse in Alaska airs on PBS on Tuesday April 19 at 9 p m The tiny white plane banks scouting out the cluster of shack-like homes below spread out on a field of snow then lands in what is a God-forsaken stretch of Alaska 200 miles s
Culture
Books for budding environmentalists
Art
Bookings In the Book of Genesis, God creates a lush world thick with birds, fish, animals and every good thing, and entrusts this sacred gift to man. This environmental stewardship motivates “green” Pope Benedict’s activism, from installing solar panels in the Vatican to urging a r
Signs Of the Times
In a frank address in Milwaukee, Wi., Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said "restorative justice is not cheap justice."
Signs Of the Times
Violent protests by South Africans demanding better living conditions are a warning to the authorities, church leaders said.
Faith in Focus
Even America's political polarization cannot keep us apart.
Letters
God Did What? Ilia Delio’s “Faith and the Cosmos” (4/4) reminds me, as I work on my Ph.D. in historical theology at a Catholic university, that few of my colleagues are capable of doing much in regard to science and evolution. The biggest obstacle is not lack of desire, let alone a
Film
Only the prickliest atheist could take offense at the Christian message of 'Soul Surfer.'
Art
" God Did What? Ilia Delio’s “Faith and the Cosmos” (4/4) reminds me, as I work on my Ph.D. in historical theology at a Catholic university, that few of my colleagues are capable of doing much in regard to science and evolution. The biggest obstacle is not lack of desire, let alone
Signs Of the Times
The Supreme Court on April 4 tossed out a challenge to Arizona’s tuition tax credit program.
Signs Of the Times
The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine concluded that a book by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., “contains misrepresentations, ambiguities and errors.”