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Of Many Things
In a divided church, the work of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative remains as important as ever.
Signs Of the Times
Catholic health care advocates will be carefully reviewing the pope's remarks to decide what the practical implications are.
Signs Of the Times
The pope called access to adequate medical attention one of the “inalienable rights” of man
A Night to Remember
On the first Sunday of Advent, our family's 100-year-old presepio is erected in a corner of Nonna's living room. Each year two grandchildren, with awe and reverence, uncover the figures central to this event.
Readers share suggestions for keeping Christmas sacred
Signs Of the Times
“Our country has not stepped up to help,” said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, “these people have nothing and cannot go back.”
Signs Of the Times
Has partisanship and politicization seeped into the church from U.S. culture?
In All Things
The Pentagon recently released its much anticipated study on the possible repeal of Don t Ask Don t Tell The law requires gay US soldiers to keep their sexual orientation a secret or face discharge from the military Among those surveyed were military chaplains representing a wide array of
The Good Word
For those of you with children you might want to check out this online and interactive Advent calendar that I located through a link on the Herald of Scotland website It has the 24 days of December prior to Christmas day on the calendar with information on typical Christmas symbols such as reinde
In All Things
Cambridge MA This is a hectic time of the academic year as classes end and papers are due and as other school business gets wrapped up before the winter Christmas break and of course life goes on so there are always other preoccupations as well But in the midst of it all earlier this week I
The Good Word
John the Baptist is a bracing sort of fellow eye-opening and not in the slap some Brut on the face kind of way In another blog post we will have to explore how it is that Brut has made a comeback ndash before you say anything it is related to Advent after all as those of us who grew up buyi
In All Things
An article in Politico this morning detailed how religious and community groups have benefited from the still controversial 787 billion stimulus package launched last year by the Obama administration Though the Obama administration is not getting much positive traction because of it the disbursem
In All Things
Well into day five of Cable-gate the reaction of folks here in London is a collective ho-hum The Queen s subjects are buzzing but not about the wayward opinions of their American cousins nor even about London s rioting students or its knee-high paralyzing snowfall Treason is the word on pe
In All Things
Here s a film I m dying to see The King s Speech nbsp For I m a fan of nbsp all of the lead actors--Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Michael Gambon Derek Jacobi as well as of the director Tom Hooper who helmed HBO s John Adams nbsp Our film reviewer Harry Forbes found it
In All Things
Part of America s mission is to find Christ in culture so it seems natural to look for Him in in that part of culture not involving art music theater or other written and visual arts sports and in particular--baseball Today brings sad notice that Ron Santo beloved third baseman of the Chicag
In All Things
Two significant moves have just been made on Thursday during the Lame Duck session of Congress First the House passed the Child Nutrition Bill which expands the school lunch program and will automatically include more children on Medicaid The program currently feeds more than 31 million youngs