One passenger was killed, the other seriously injured when the car crashed in California.
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Harry Forbes on “Eat Pray Love”
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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How to Succeed In College I
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
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Church Agencies Respond to Devastating Floods
Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Internationalis coordinate a global response to the unprecedented emergency in Pakistan
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Bishop Urges Peace Talks With Moro Rebels
A Philippines bishop has urged the government to resume peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front amid reports the rebel group is preparing for war.
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Health Care Better at Catholic Hospitals
Catholic and other church-owned health systems have been shown to demonstrate greater quality and efficiency than not-for-profit or investor-owned systems.
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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
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Letters
Zero Programs Re “Justice for Juniors” (Editorial, 7/15): Here in Maryland we have an incompetent Department of Juvenile Justice “functioning” in an outmoded statutory framework. It provides some services at the lower end of the seriousness scale. For youth who approach age 1
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Young Catholics Resist Land-Grab for Bio-fuel
Catholic activists in India push back against land-use conversions from food to bio-fuels.
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Chilean President Rejects Pardon, Orders Prison Review
Sebastian Pinera rejects bishop’s call for a pardon that may include Chilean military and instead orders a review of Chile prison conditions for all inmates.