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In All Things
The good sisters of America may have a whole new quality of life matter to ponder after a perusal of some photos unearthed by the troublemakers at the National Catholic Reporter of Cardinal Franc Rod eacute Prefect of the Congregation for the Religious at a March ordination of six new deacons for
The Good Word
No my title for this post is a good one and fair Michael Sean Winters writing at the In All Things blog has drawn readers rsquo attention to the Conservative Bible Project CBP The project is perhaps worse than he suggests The CBP first came to my attention through an e-mail sent by my co
In All Things
I have what I believe in all humility is a brilliant idea a Ripley rsquo s Believe It or Not dedicated entirely to right-wing craziness The first two exhibits both come from the same source Andrew Schlafly son on Phyllis the woman who spearheaded the defeat of the ERA and laid the groundwork
In All Things
It is crunch time on the health care reform bill The Senate leadership in consultation with the White House are deciding the final parameters of the legislation Catholic observers are keeping their fingers crossed that the final legislative language will permit us to support it Actually some C
In All Things
Two interesting clarifications on the ordinariates proposal from a functionary in the CDF In a ZENIT interview Msgr William Stetson an Opus Dei canonist who has the snappy title of secretary to the Ecclesiastical Delegate of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for the Pastoral Provisio
In All Things
How s that for timing On the day that the Vatican begins talks with the ultra-traditionalist Society of St Pius X which split from Rome in 1988 a German court has fined one of the SSPX s bishops Richard Williamson for denying the Holocaust Bishop Williamson must pay 12 000 euros for asserting
In All Things
As the dust settles -- or should that be as the debris clears -- on the Pope s momentous offer last week of a new home for Anglicans within the Catholic Church interpretations of his audacious move are beginning to shift I have a piece in the Guardian today arguing that the personal ordinariat
In All Things
Martin E Marty one of the leading Protestant theologians here in this country and an estimable presence in the ecumenical world has a strongly worded commentary on the Vatican s gambit to attract more Anglicans into the Catholic Church Bypassing forty years of Anglican-Roman Catholic conversatio
The Good Word
Apocalypses have always been fascinating to decipher which is one of their attractions over the centuries Dense symbolism angelic mediators cryptic numerical references kingdoms which are presented as animals all presented as emerging in many instances from the hoary past pull the reader int
In All Things
Back in 1984 someone asked Barbara Bush what she thought of her husband rsquo s opponent Rep Geraldine Ferraro and she famously replied ldquo I can rsquo t say it but it rhymes with rich rdquo This anecdote came to me as I read Maureen Dowd rsquo s column in the New York Times yesterday in
Signs Of the Times
Flooding in the provinces of Pangasinan and Benguet, about 120 miles from the capital, Manila, began on Oct. 8.
Signs Of the Times
Nuns from congregations nationwide laboring for Nuns Build were swinging hammers and hanging wallboard in New Orleans homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Film
In "The Invention of Lying," Ricky Gervais pokes fun at organized religion.
Can Catholic institutions do well while doing good?
Signs Of the Times
The bishops offer principles of Catholic teaching that might help inform policy choices in Afghanistan.
Signs Of the Times
None of the major health reform bills before Congress adequately addresses the concerns raised by the bishops in the areas of abortion, conscience protection, immigrants and affordability.