The penchant for exaggerating Africa’s recent achievements can blind us to serious ongoing problems and stifle our political engagement.
America Staff
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Letters
Back to the Bronx Your current comment “The Bronx Eleven” (11/1) omitted one important consideration “in the confused context of how we deal with homosexuality.” This Jesuit-educated reader (Holy Cross and Fordham) believes that consideration is the most unfortunate attitude
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January Selection
Father William Hart McNichols hailed by Time magazine as ldquo among the most famous creators of Christian iconic images in the world rdquo is joined here by writer translator and retreat director Mirabai Starr in offering a powerful and inspiring blend of images reflecting the feminine face of
Posted inIn All Things
Joining the Priesthood
I know that the majority of those reading this are for many good reasons not thinking of becoming priests They are already married would not be happy without a spouse children and grandchildren are too old turned off on the church and its leadership because of recent scandals reject t
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Letters
The Loneliness of All Saints Robert Ellsberg’s “Dorothy in Love” (11/15) reminded me of a day in high school in the 1950s when a teacher talked about Dorothy Day in the Newman Club. We visited her New York office. I have been an admirer of this remarkable laywoman ever since. These
Posted inSigns Of the Times
News Briefs
The U.S. bishops commended a resolution in the House of Representatives that condemns recent attacks on religious minorities in Iraq.
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Letters
Death in a Jar In response to your current comments “Death in Connecticut,” followed by “How Graphic?” (11/29): Until we as a society demand that the death penalty be abolished, it will continue to be used as a method of revenge. Many murders are so heinous that viscerally we
Posted inIn All Things
Why Go to Mass – Pt. 2
This is part of a series of reflections on How to Succeed in College Click on the author s name for previous entries Two weeks ago I suggested that college students as well as the rest of us should go to Mass regularly mdash seven daily mdash because it gets us out of ourselves Some reade
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Letters
God Wills It Re your editorial “Two Peoples, One State” (11/15): You do not know what you are saying and whom you are confronting. You are confronting the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who himself set the borders of Israel. In fact, Israel is the only nation on earth whose borders hav
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Responses to ‘The Center Did Not Hold’
Shortly after the recent elections, America published on its Web site (11/15) an article titled “The Center Did Not Hold,” by Steve Schneck, which originally appeared on the site of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. The article’s thesis was that the church’s efforts