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In All Things
Fascinating story by Edward Rothstein he of protean mind and nbsp catholic interests who pens the Ideas section in The New York Times about nbsp the exhibition at the Library of Congress of a marvelous map It was nbsp drawn by the great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci in 1602 Readers of this b
In All Things
Ralph Waldo Emerson rsquo s poem Concord Hymn which is inscribed on the Minuteman statue at the North Bridge begins with four lines that every schoolchild learned by heart By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to April rsquo s breeze unfurled Here once the embattled farmers stood
In All Things
Ted Kennedy came close to losing his U S Senate seat only once It was late summer 1994 and a telegenic then-liberal Republican named Mitt Romney had emerged as the perceived anti-Kennedy common-sensible business-like a family man concerned about social issues but not obsessed with them Ke
In All Things
Since we suggested donations to Catholic Relief Services we thought you would want to know what they are doing on the ground in Haiti nbsp This is their latest release CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES HELPS SET UP DISPLACED CAMP ON PORT-AU-PRINCE GOLF COURSE GETS HAITIAN HOSPITAL RUNNING Ship unloaded
In All Things
As you may already know we re lucky to have two new ish editors on our team Kevin Clarke and Kerry Weber nbsp Ms Weber recently of Catholic Digest brings a fresh perspective and lively prose nbsp to our pages and our website nbsp Here she reviews An Education a provocative film nbsp t
In All Things
There are many nbsp The Anchoress focuses on one resourceful team and a resourceful Jesuit Br Jim Boynton SJ nbsp as well nbsp Follow all the links for the whole story nbsp
In All Things
All last week the horror in Haiti made it well nigh to impossible to notice anything else And sadly as predicted a fifth horseman of the Apocalypse Chaos has come to torment that tormented island Still there was an article by Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco that was very worth
In All Things
The Holy Father went to the Grand Synagogue yesterday to greet Rome rsquo s Jewish community His predecessor Pope John Paul II was the first Pope to visit a Roman synagogue since apostolic times a symbolic gesture from a master of symbolic gestures Pope Benedict had he chosen not to also make
Signs Of the Times
The bishop who oversees Medjugorje has objected to Cardinal Christoph Schoborn's very public pilgrimage to the site.
Editorials
Defense spending continues to place severe limits on what our government can and cannot do.
Signs Of the Times
The effort to give stockholders a “say on pay” gained traction in 2009 as 38 public companies said they would address compensation issues.
Signs Of the Times
Archbishop Timothy Dolan said all the funds collected in New York would be routed through Catholic Relief Services.
Books
With her novel 'Angel Time' Anne Rice has, perhaps unintentionally, written a roman clef.
Arts & CultureArt
In Janet McKenzie's "The Holy Family" the unknown reality of first-century peasants has been transposed into another key.
Of Many Things
Living in New York, the countryman in me fears losing touch with the cycle of the seasons.
Signs Of the Times
Among those turning 75 this year is Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia.
Columns
Confidence has eroded not only in institutions, but perhaps also in our very selves.