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In All Things
Check out the 60 Minutes segment on Mark Wahlberg the rapper turned acclaimed actor and producer The segment profiles Walhberg s tumultous childhood in Dorchester Massachusetts and features an interview with one of the few positive influences in his life a Catholic priest who noticed Wahlberg
In All Things
Just released by the Vatican Caritas Internationalis works in the prevention of HIV infection and in the treatment and care of those living with HIV and AIDS Caritas Internationalis nbsp Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight said nbsp The Pope s reported comments in this book illustrate the i
In All Things
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who will serve as House Minority Leader come January answers a few questions in the New York Times magazine She says among other things that she spends a great deal of her time at Sunday Mass she talks about her faith often thinking of her parents and a
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Here is the CNS translation of a statement today by Fr Federico Lombardi the Vatican s spokesman At the end of Chapter 10 Chapter 11 in the English edition in the book ldquo Light of the World rdquo the pope responds to two questions about the struggle against AIDS and the use of the condom
The Good Word
The whole notion of kingship is an odd one for someone living in the early 21st century at least it is for me nbsp What does kingship even mean to me As a Canadian I am technically governed by a monarch a Queen since 1953 but the monarch is almost strictly a figurehead in terms of government
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As a journalist and commentator I have been followed the arguments over the morality of condoms in the context of Aids for some years nbsp Pope Benedict s remarks in Light of the World finally clarify this question ending the silence from Rome The point argued by moral theologians was always th
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Cambridge MA Blogging is fine but face-to-face classroom conversation is better ndash for many reasons but including the ability to point our attention back to the issue at hand at any given point So it was the occasion for a great sigh ndash Sigh mdash that my last post on my interrelig
The Good Word
nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp In stark contrast to Jewish leaders crucifying soldiers and a crucified criminal we hear a dialogue between Jesus and another crucified criminal nbsp The group of three taunt Jesus whether challenging his prophetic claim of Palm Sunday to be Jerusalem s king or challen
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America magazine was told that the text of the book of interviews with Pope Benedict XVI Light of the World was embargoed until Tuesday but AP is now reporting that L Osservatore Romano has run excerpts of what was bound to be the most talked-about remark in his lengthy series of interviews with
In All Things
Some video to supplement Austen Ivereigh s reporting below on the 24 new cardinals including two Americans Cardinal Donald Wuerl archbishop of Washington D C and Cardinal Raymond Burke prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
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The cardinals who could well be voting for the next pope now number 121 -- 40 per cent of them appointed by Benedict XVI -- following the consistory this morning in Rome a solemn and colourful occasion in which the new members of the College promise to defend the Church even at the cost of martyrdo
In All Things
From CNS The Vatican is preparing a document for all bishops conferences offering guidelines for a coordinated and effective program of child protection and for dealing with allegations of clerical sexual abuse said Cardinal William J Levada prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of th
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While New Yorkers can be gratified to see the U S C C B presidency make a turn toward the northeast mdash and we at America can only be delighted that a friend of the House and contributor has been selected to head the conference best wishes and congrats Archbishop Tim Dolan mdash I can rsquo t
The Good Word
I have started my reading of Verbum Domini the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Benedict XVI on the ldquo Word of God in the life and mission of the Church rdquo At this point I have skimmed through most of the document and have read through about 30-40 pages carefully As a result my com
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
One of the amusing effects of this week's announcement that Britain's Prince William is going to marry his long-time girlfriend, Kate Middleton, is that every copy of the blue dress that Kate was wearing at their photo-op has disappeared. The shops here in London say that they sold out of the dresses within 24 hours of the latest event-of-the-century announcement. People understand why, of course, at least intuitively: everybody wants to be somebody and the somebody that everybody who's anybody wants to be this week is either partner in Britain's new royal couple.
In All Things
The world s first Ordinariate -- a special jurisdiction for Anglicans becoming Catholics who are able to retain some of their traditions -- will be created by the Catholic Church in England and Wales its bishops announced today Their statement announced a timetable of ordinations formation and re
In All Things
Read the story from CNS s Sarah Delaney VATICAN CITY CNS -- Pope Benedict XVI and other church leaders said it was the moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health care for all of their citizens regardless of social and economic status or their ability to pay Access to adequate
In All Things
ldquo Inside Job rdquo is a documentary film about the economic meltdown of 2008 Its main point is that the resulting Great Recession was nbsp avoidable In fact no one listened to the few people who predicted the problems well in advance or acted on the implications of their predictions At le
In All Things
This morning I shared with Drew Christiansen our editor in chief an amazing video that someone sent me the other day nbsp Until then I had thought only still photographs existed of this remarkable event nbsp which is frequently nbsp retold in church histories of the time nbsp Early i