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How the bishops can advance Christian unity
Books
Senator Henry Clay got a young nation talking about what it wanted to become.
Signs Of the Times
The wave of deportations is remarkable both for the nakedness of its racism and the ugly shadows from history it has let loose.
Of Many Things
My second son has been having a hard time of late, and so have I, with him.
Art
From the moment you enter “The World of Khubilai Khan” at the Met, you are in a wholly other world.
Signs Of the Times
Provincial superiors from around the world offered their support for a priest facing charges for inciting a riot.
Columns
Children of this generation have been born at a special hinge point.
The Good Word
The readings for this Sunday bring the idea of the resurrection to the forefront In a recent post at Commonweal Fr Joseph Komanchak with reference to this Sunday rsquo s Gospel reading in Luke 20 27-38 drew on the work of N T Wright in The Resurrection of the Son of God and St Thomas Aquinas
In All Things
BARCELONA Pope Benedict XVI has left Spain after a visit of less than 48 hours after a warm send-off by King Juan Carlos and a brief meeting with the the country s anticlerical prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Zapatero has conspicuously absented himself from the papal visit to Spain
FaithIn All Things
BARCELONA Pope Benedict s last visit today was to the Child Jesus Nen Deu project in Barcelona a home for the disabled run by Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart founded by an Anadalusian nun beatified in 2007 nbsp He greeted teenagers with learning difficulties many with Down s Syndrome
In All Things
BARCELONA The liturgy was to die for There were more than 1 000 celebrants and the chief among them was pretty hard to beat And it helped to have the King and Queen of Spain in the congregation But the real star of Pope Benedict XVI s dedication this morning of the Sagrada Familia cathedral --
In All Things
Cambridge MA I spent a bit of time on this quiet Saturday rearranging books in the vain hope that by moving them around and to hitherto unnoticed corners and book-case bottoms I might find more space For the rule is sure if the graduate student spends a lot of time accumulating books with an
In All Things
BARCELONA Ask an observer about Spanish religion and politics and most people will mention two Spains one left-wing and anti-Catholic the other Catholic and politically conservative That polarization existed long before the Civil War and was reinforced by Franco wrapping himself in the flag
In All Things
BARCLELONA Hundreds of young Catholics who had gathered to celebrate Pope Benedict s arrival in the Catalan capital tonight with candles and songs were rewarded with a three-minute papal blessing from the Archbishop s balcony They chanted s iacute s iacute s iacute el Papa ya est aacute aq
In All Things
BARCELONA Over on the other side of Spain speaking in the Plaza del Obradoiro outside the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela Pope Benedict has issued a bracing and often lyrical call for Europe to see faith as our guiding star in the night of time From this place as a messenger of the Gosp
The Good Word
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In All Things
Pope Benedict has just enjoyed one of the great spectacles of European Catholicism -- the swinging of the giant incense-burner of Santiago de Compostela cathedral known as the botafumeiro roughly smoke-launcher Five feet high weighing 60 kilos and reaching speeds of 40 miles an hour as it s