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In All Things
You may be aware that conditions in Sudan are reaching a crisis point as the referendum on southern independence comes up January 9 Many international observers are growing increasingly concerned about the likelihood of violence between the Arab north and the Christian and traditional south if as
In All Things
Staten Island NY Blogging for America is an opportunity I appreciate and a pleasure in itself but occasionally there are extra benefits such as the chance once in a while to highlight an event that would not make the headlines Such is today since I am visiting Staten Island where I grew up
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How can free-market capitalism be made less inimical to democracy America s editors raised this question last week The future of democratic government requires greater distance between finance and government not an easy task given the modern expectation that government manages the economy It als
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On Sunday the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmiud Martin made a profound apology to the former parish of a priest jailed last week for sexually abusing three boys the priest had long since been laicised after serving a previous conviction for abusing six others THe archbishop who has waged an at tim
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Or how the Nativity would be handled today nbsp H t to Deacons Bench which by the way is now at Patheos com
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The health care reform process is now 2 to 1 in federal court challenges after a federal district judge in Virginia ruled today that one of reform s basic provisions that most currently uninsured Americans buy health insurance or face a federal penalty for not acquiring it was unconstitutional Ac
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Face it The war on Christmas is lost When did it end Well there won t be any official declaration of surrender from churches so it s hard to pin down There will be no C E Day Christmas Ends But in my mind the war was decided this year This year almost every major department story put u
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Please remember the family of Francis X Clooney S J in your prayers as they mourn the death of their father James J Clooney Fr Frank Clooney is a frequent contributor to In All Things you can read his lovely tribute to his father on the occasion of his 90th birthday here Tim Reidy nbsp
In All Things
Last night I attended an Advent service of song and readings at my parish church accompanied by two close friends one a secular agnostic and the other a nonpracticing Mormon nbsp The choirs offered sacred selections ranging from ancient chant to English carols to traditional Christmas music
The Good Word
I am not certain that I understand lolspeak or its origin though I think it must have started at some point with texting teens I do understand that LOL is laughing out loud I am quite certain that I do not understand the online phenomenon of lolcats but they seem to be everywhere Now howev
Letters
Death in a Jar In response to your current comments “Death in Connecticut,” followed by “How Graphic?” (11/29): Until we as a society demand that the death penalty be abolished, it will continue to be used as a method of revenge. Many murders are so heinous that viscerally we
Signs Of the Times
“This could be a good opportunity for us in the parishes to clarify and to teach," said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.
Signs Of the Times
The U.S. bishops commended a resolution in the House of Representatives that condemns recent attacks on religious minorities in Iraq.
Readers share suggestions for keeping Christmas sacred
Signs Of the Times
Bishop Hubbard called the New Start treaty a “modest step toward a world with greater respect for human life.”
Signs Of the Times
The current outbreak of cholera has aggravated an already difficult situation for Haitians, the bishops said.
