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In All Things
There was a time -- and it lasted many years -- when the crisis caused by clerical sex abuse happened outside the Vatican s walls Even when it was no longer seen as just an Anglo-Saxon problem it remained a bishops problem a question for the local Church as it was known in Rome There was plen
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That s America s not of course America s Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University has a hard-hitting article under that title at the Guardian that s well worth a read He paints a picture of a United States in a nasty mood no longer interested in compassion and falling into the politics of rac
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The decision to award Robert Edwards the developer of in vitro fertilization the Nobel Prize received front page coverage from the New York Times today The story notes the church s objections to the procedure but does little to flesh them out For more on that front see today s story from Cathol
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A few notable online items this week First an interview with George Coyne S J of the Vatican Observatory Fr Coyne explains how the Vatican became involved in astronomy and responds to Stephen Hawking s recent statements on the origins of the universe see minute 15 40 Kevin Clarke recently
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Given that the Blessed John Henry Newman has only been approved for devotion in England and the optional memorial celebrating him approved for 9 October in the National Calendar for England alone it would obviously be very wrong and wicked for this Englishman to alert American Catholics to the exi
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Politicians addressing their own religiosity is nothing new in this country for sure President John F Kennedy had to promise that his public policy would not be unduly influenced by his Roman Catholic faith which was seen as threatening to the American read WASP way of life in the 1960s More r
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As part of my family is Jewish I am a Catholic theologian who participates not only in Catholic parish life but who also is a member of a synagogue I have not previously written about this part of my theological life but I thought it might be appropriate here on the America magazine blog to bri
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It s impossible not to be moved by the terrible stories of the five youths who recently took their own lives because they were being harassed as gays and lesbians nbsp nbsp In New York the story of Tyler Clementi the Rutgers freshman who was filmed having a romantic encounter with another man wh
The Good Word
I woke up with this song and the first lyric running through my mind As I walked my dog this early morning which seems appropriate the rest of this nbsp ode to Saint Francis of Assisi came to me by way of the great Sam Cooke It seems that hardly anyone throughout Christian history has been so f
FaithIn All Things
Francis of Assisi is a good example of why the legends should never overshadow the life, Father James Martin writes. For within his life lie many surprises awaiting those who are willing to meet Francis on his own terms.
Ideas
What Unicef can learn from Mother Teresa's method of serving the poor
Signs Of the Times
The association was formed in part to voice opposition to the new English-language translation of the Mass.
Signs Of the Times
The Rev. Robert Barron, right, a priest, teacher and evangelist, is launching “Word on Fire With Father Barron,” a weekly national program on WGN America.
Letters
Shortsighted Your comment “The Real Islam” (8/30) is shortsighted. The real Islam is either powerless—or unwilling—to take down the death squads and training centers of terrorists in their midst. These terrorists are knocking down our gates in the name of God on every front,
Books
Terence Fretheim forces us to rethink who God is and how God relates to our world.
Signs Of the Times
Christians remain confident of their acceptance by the larger Muslim society as King Abdullah II remains a guarantor of their security.