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In All Things
You could sense the anger in the President rsquo s words and on his face as he spoke to the nation yesterday after a meeting with his national security and intelligence aides This was not a failure to collect intelligence it was a failure to integrate and understand the intelligence that we alrea
FaithIn All Things
Mary Daly, the self-described "radical lesbian feminist" theologian, provocateur (provocateuse?) and prolific author who, in the overly polite words of The Boston Globe, "tussled" with Boston College (over many things, but particularly over her decision not to admit men to her classrooms) has died, at the age of 81.
In All Things
From the Daily Telegraph news of a bishops nbsp row over Medjugorge nbsp Cardinal Christoph Schonborn the Archbishop of Vienna was subjected to unprecedented public criticism by Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar for spending Christmas in the town in his Bosnian diocese where the Virgin is said to
In All Things
The indispensible blog of Ben Smith at Politico com has a posting up about immigration reform The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is evidently threatening to withhold support for the health care reform unless the congressional leadership and the White House pledge themselves to moving the immigration
In All Things
As part of nbsp our nbsp promise vow to keep you up to date on movies over the Christmas and Epiphany and Baptism season here s Jake Martin s review of Crazy Heart which is winning plaudits for Jeff Bridges s performance as a country crooner looking up from the bottom of nbsp a whiskey bot
In All Things
Last October the American Law Institute the group that established standards for the death penalty in America voted to withdraw its support of the practice it helped to define This decision according to New York Times columnist Adam Liptak represents a tectonic shift in legal theory In his
In All Things
Says William Doino who writes for Inside the Vatican and contributed to The Pius War nbsp in a lengthy piece in the London Times today nbsp It s one of the most concise and well-documented nbsp defenses of the pope that you will find In the Autumn of 1987 during one of his many meetings with
The Good Word
We went on a tour of classical Athens today with stops at the Acropolis and the Parthenon which sits majectically upon it and the ancient Agora In between quite literally we went to the Areopagus called Mars Hill by the Romans The Areopagus associated with the Greek god of war Ares and m
The Good Word
I want to position my reflection between two catalysts nbsp First is Karen Armstrong rsquo s assertion that mythos or sacred narrative assists us to review and experience deeply the many facets of the human predicament notably here the choice between Good and Evil Second is the genre of imaginat
In All Things
America has been introduced to the country of Yemen this past week That introduction was a result of the failed bombing attempt on a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit when 23 year old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was unable to ignite the explosives in his underwear More precisely the introducti
In All Things
The former primate of all Ireland Cardinal Cahal Daly who died on New Year s Eve aged 92 was the Irish Church s leading intellectual As a priest he wrote background papers for the bishops attending the Second Vatican Council as a bishop he worked tirelessly for peace and ecumenism speaking ou
Books
Sections of John Irving's new novel are a triumph of storytelling, as if the author is shouting: Look, ma, no hands!
Signs Of the Times
In this annual address from the Vatican, Pope Benedict said responding to the current ecological crisis was every person’s responsibility.
Signs Of the Times
Priests in South Africa have become targets for robbers because they are believed to have money.
Signs Of the Times
during her sabbatical from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., is a fellow at the Commission on International Religious Freedom. How quickly things change. First, Jesus’ birth is celebrated by the Magi and angels. Then the celebration is cut short, as Christ and his family
Film
'Up in the Air' recognizes a harsh reality beneath its own verbal dexterity and slick packaging.
Signs Of the Times
A critical factor will be the doctors' evaluation concerning the woman's mental state and whether or not she was "of sound mind."
The apostolic visitation revives some unresolved conflicts.