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Signs Of the Times
Catholic aid organizations are responding in Pakistan after the most intense monsoon rainsin the past 30 years caused landslides and floods.
Signs Of the Times
Iraq's ancient Christian communities face extinction if a U.S. withdrawal is not accompanied by a comprehensive humanitarian response, says Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.
Books
Proposals for reform in wake of the clergy sexual abuse scandal
In All Things
Father Drew Christiansen s recent Of Many Things included a sentence deeply relevant to the psychology theology and politics of conflict resolution ldquo International lawyers and human rights advocates are often adamant that those who violated the peace need to be punished whereas profession
In All Things
Recent Catholic convert and likely Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is profiled in the latest issue of Esquire magazine with his second of three wife giving her first interview since the couple rsquo s very public and very dramatic divorce It rsquo s the kind of salaciously sensat
In All Things
When President Obama spoke to the Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta Ga on August 1 reporters scanned his words closely for news of the Iraq war Would he signal any change in policy give hints about when and how the troops scheduled to leave would actually leave That turned out to be the l
In All Things
Confession I am not generally in the business of writing movie reviews especially for films that have yet to be released and which I probably will not see And maybe this post will confirm that I should not quit my day job So for more professional opinions of Eat Pray Love check out The New Yor
In All Things
It shouldn t be a surprise to learn that Pope Benedict XVI s decision to refuse the resignations of Dubln auxillary bishops Eamonn Walsh and Bishop Raymond Field has unleashed an outpouring of outrage in Ireland The bishops had resigned at the urging of Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin who demand
In All Things
The New York Times fleshes out the background of the folks behind the controversial Cordoba House perhaps itself a poor choice as it harkens back whatever planners contemporary intentions to Iberia s Islamic caliphate and deconstructs their efforts as a case study in poor public relations T
In All Things
Back in the 60s when there was no Facebook and no iPhones teens had to handle their free time differently For the nerdish among them there were always good philosophy books to read That rsquo s how I happened to be reading the play Huis Clos rdquo No Exit by John Paul Sartre Although much
In All Things
Taking a break from vacation for this public-service announcement Don t miss this forceful talk by Bishop Arthur Serratelli bishop nbsp of the diocese of Paterson nbsp N J to the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management nbsp at their annual June meeting at the Wharton School in Phil
In All Things
The neighborhood surrounding the Nativity Mission Center a Jesuit-run middle school on Manhattan s Lower East Side has undergone significant changes over the past few decades Increasing gentrification has resulted in positive changes like fewer worries about prostitutes or neighborhood drug deal
In All Things
Cambridge MA A news report the other day about the killing of 10 aid workers in Afghanistan reported ldquo The director of International Assistance Mission Dirk Frans denies the Taliban s accusations that the members of his group were missionaries He says they were on a peaceful mission to help
In All Things
A few months back I received some e-mail from Middle Eastern sources which argued that a military build-up on Israel s northern border meant preparations for a new war between Israel Hezbollah Lebanon and perhaps even Syria At the time the idea after such pointless bloodletting in 2006 and the c
In All Things
A recent blogpost at CatholicCulture org formerly Catholic World News by Diogenes the anonymous blogger who loves to name names but never reveals his her true identity classy blames all the controversy in the past 50 years about Catholic politicians who do not march lock-step in accordance wit