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In All Things
In case you missed John W Martens post on The Good Word on the Scriptural roots of purgatory check it out here A sample Purgatory has had an odd history with many Catholics today no longer having a clear sense of what it is And while many Protestants have long rejected purgatory as a non-bi
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While the events surrounding this year rsquo s March for Life in Washington D C have provided encouragement and inspiration to many who oppose abortion recent statistics regarding abortion rates in New York City demonstrate that the pro-life cause still has a long way to go According to CNS 41
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Massachusetts it is time for the anti-bullying law to be implemented and a writer in the Boston Globe hopes its implementation does not suffer the same fate as an anti-hazing law that was enacted after the 1984 death of a college student who died of acute alcohol poisoning after an enforced hazing
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Read the full story here in our online edition of Signs of the Times Others news covered this week how Catholic leaders helped boost support for the New Start treaty and a look at the controversy surrounding Mexican migrants who have been abuducted and killed on their way to the U S Tim Reidy n
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In the nineteenth century the Catholic Church got a reputation -- not always fairly -- for looking out on modernity from a fortress of medieval nostalgia fearing and despising what it did not always understand This was especially true of the embattled mid-nineteenth century papacy symbolized by
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For anyone still having a hard time grasping the real-life effects of the economic downturn I can t imagine a better movie than The Company Men which I saw this weekend nbsp The film by ER s John Wells follows three men--well played by Ben Affleck Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper--who lose
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If anyone is attending this year s march feel free to offer your reports here Some other resources this morning Michael Sean Winters posted from the Dems for Life booth pior to the march and you can track reports on Twitter marchforlife Also worthwhile this slideshow report on Jesuit prolife
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From Cuidad Nueva magazine courtesy Mirada Global a quick survey of 20th century women writers including some authors who may not be familiar to American readers our time gives us magnificent examples of women who have become famous writers of narrative poetry and drama Such is the case of
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When the great writer Reynolds Price died a few days ago most obituaries omitted mention of his deep faith nbsp Yet much of his writing in later life focused on his Christian belief and practice nbsp For me his most affecting treatment of that topic is in nbsp Letter to a Godchild in which nbs
Ideas
In Prague, many of the stops on the tourist trail left us dissatisfied, but we found what we needed.
Books
From a Hollywood writer, a richly evocative vision of Catholic Mexico
Signs Of the Times
Christians in the Holy Land face "two extremisms," said one observer: "the Muslim one.. and the Israeli right wing."
Signs Of the Times
Christians and other minority groups have been warned to be on their guard in the wake of the killing of the governor of Punjab Province.
Signs Of the Times
A new survey documents the problem of migrants being preyed up on as they travel to Mexico. Critics allege it undercounts the number of victims.
Editorials
Pope Benedict XVI's recent statement is the most extensive official treatment since Vatican II.
Signs Of the Times
Brazil's bishops launched a campaign to aid victims of severe flooding that has left more than 500 people dead.
The editors reflect on their travel experiences around the world.