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In All Things
This morning I e-mailed some questions to Father Matin Rhonheimer in Rome and received his kind reply a few minutes ago I asked him if Pope Benedict were aware of his controversial position on church teaching and the use of condoms in 2004 s Tablet He responds I published my article in The Tabl
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Austen Ivereigh discussed this a few days ago but I suspect the import of it is getting a little lost in the media kerfluffle over the church s shocking about face on condoms My apologies to those who argue this is not new but seriously you ve got to be kidding at least insofar as how church
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The previously out-of-bounds discussion about whether condoms can be used as a means to prevent the spread of disease is now in-bounds.
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At a press conference earlier to launch Light of the World the Vatican s spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi acknowledged there had been confusion over the question of the gender of the prostitute cited by Pope Benedict And he got the Pope to clear it up for him He said the Italian version of the bo
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Light of the World Peter Seewald s book-length interview with Pope Benedict XVI has already drawn much attention here and elsewhere on the Web Today November 23 is the official publication day and we are happy to provide excerpts from the book for our readers Here you will find Pope Benedict
FaithIn All Things
With Thanksgiving approaching we might ask: Where does gratitude fit in the spiritual life?
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This is part of a series of reflections on How to Succeed in College Click on the author s name for previous entries A few years ago I visited a young family whose wedding I had performed and whose child the following Sunday morning I was about to baptize But the father whom I had taught
Church, state and the survival of Catholic schools
Books
A funny thing happened on the way to religions prophesied demise.
Signs Of the Times
The archbishop said ordaining married men is the most naturally pastoral response to every Catholic’s need for regular access to the sacraments.
Signs Of the Times
Later this month a parish in western Poland will dedicate what it says is the world’s largest statue of Christ.
Theater
In "The Pitmen Painters" a group of men take up a cultural pursuit uncommon to their class.
Editorials
Catholics are called to relish God's gifts, and to savor the sparks that illumine the dark.
Deborah M. Jones argues for a theology of animal rights.
Letters
Women Suffer Your editorial, “A Saint for Our Time,” and John Anderson’s film review, “The Seer” (both in 10/18) concern two women in the church who lived centuries apart: Mother Mary MacKillop and Hildegard of Bingen. They had in common that they had to work hard and s
Signs Of the Times
“It is an extremely painful experience not only for the Christians of Iraq, but for all Iraqis,” the ambassador said.