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In All Things
Cambridge MA Turning 60 seems to be the kind of event that deserves some attention I have been pondering this fact for a number of months but now with increasing awareness mdash today being August 17 my birthday just two days away but I am still not sure whether it is really a significant ma
In All Things
Since this list is getting some play on the web I figured I would post it here since I wrote it nbsp I had cobbled together this top-ten list for the promotion of The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything and it will appear in the paperback edition some time next year nbsp Let me know if I lef
In All Things
Maureen O Connell in a post below has already registered her alarm at the commodification of spiritual longings in the marketing of the new movie Eat Pray Love nbsp She also predicted that the movie may not simply be a disappointment but actually dangerous nbsp Now in his review Harry Forbe
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As an early riser at 5 a m on weekdays I tune into Radio Wado the Spanish language radio station in the greater New York City area With its mix of ldquo noticias deportes y mas rdquo I can listen to the news and move ahead a bit on my Spanish language comprehension Even the ads help The an
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Via the Daily Dish Cardinal Sean O rsquo Malley rsquo s thoughts on the ldquo Ground Zero Mosque rdquo as told to an interviewer for FOX News I told her it is a sign of the value we have for freedom in this country and for religious freedom in particular We certainly do not want to support gr
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W Malcolm Byrnes report on the prolife promise of induced pluripotent stem cells is a lucid presentation of a complex scientific and moral question To hear more from Professor Byrnes check out this week s podcast Our In These Pages selection this week looks at the thorny problem of immigration r
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Last week we announced our formal partnership with Mirada Global nbsp an online magazine that brings together material from Jesuit publications in North and South America As part of this collaboration we will be featuring weekly links to articles from MG Here is our latest offering a nbsp refl
In All Things
Regular readers of this blog are familiar with the wisdom of Francis X Clooney S J Now Fr Clooney has been recognized for his outstanding work in comparative theology by the British Academy which has elected him a corresponding fellow Corresponding Fellows are scholars nbsp outside the UK who
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Editor rsquo s Note Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that Raymond A Schroth S J has joined the staff of America Fr Schroth has taught or served as dean at five Jesuit colleges and universities and taught at three secular universities since he was ordained in 1967 Among his nine books a
Signs Of the Times
A generation after the end of the cold war, the Initiative proposes redirecting resources saved by nuclear arms reductions toward peace-building.
Signs Of the Times
Pope Benedict XVI praised the 108 nations that have adopted a treaty banning the stockpiling and use of cluster bombs.
Film
'Breathless' is not a museum piece; it is not to be talked about in hushed, reverent tones.
Signs Of the Times
Access to water is just one small part of the complex of political and structural discord between Israelis and the Palestinians.
Signs Of the Times
Catholic and other church-owned health systems have been shown to demonstrate greater quality and efficiency than not-for-profit or investor-owned systems.
The United States and the drug war in Mexico
Letters
Make Room on the Scrap Heap? Re “Repeating History” (Current Comment, 7/19): The editors’ commentary on the G-20 meeting seems to assume that economic conditions in 1930 and 2010 are similar, that the global economy is in the best interests of everyone and that tax cuts and deficit
Signs Of the Times
Catholic dioceses continue to report mounting problems keeping their schools afloat amid a lackluster economy.
Books
Proposals for reform in wake of the clergy sexual abuse scandal