Presenting the working document for the special Synod of Bishops on the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for “just and lasting solutions” to the region’s conflicts.
America Staff
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Australias Paruma Joins Pacific’s ‘Drowning Islands’
Inhabitants of low-lying islands across the Pacific know climate change is very real if rising sea levels are any indication.
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Letters
W.W.J.D. Thank you for the small photo in News Briefs (5/10). The image of Bishop Edward J. Slattery in his crimson robe with yards of train borne by some flunky speaks volumes about how far the Catholic Church has strayed from being the creation of Jesus. Evangelicals asked a question decades ago:
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May Selection
By now most of our readers have heard of this book and author a Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries mdash the largest gang intervention program in the country It rsquo s tough it rsquo s wrenching but it is also deeply inspiring and leaves the reader with a measured hope that these
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Experiencing God in Times of Vulnerability
The last in a series on Huffpo Here s an often misunderstood and misinterpreted statement Many people feel drawn to God in times of suffering During a serious illness a family crisis the loss of a job or the death of a loved one many people will say that they ve turn to God in new ways Athei
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Letters
Loving Fidelity I have long insisted that authentic reform in the church must proceed through passionate love for the church: Ecclesia semper amanda et reformanda. Your recent editorials “Pilgrim People” (5/10 and 5/17) are bracing and compelling because they join, in a distinctive way,
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Letters
Compelling and Principled I was gratified to see the editors of America acknowledge (“How Compelling?” 4/12) that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opposed the final health care reform bill for a range of reasons, including the law’s lack of “protection of the conscien
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Israel Deportation Order Troubles U.N.
“The orders appear to enable Israel to detain, prosecute, imprison and/or deport any and all persons present in the West Bank,” said Richard Falk of the U.N.
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Gulf States Wait For Recovery
According to a new report, in the Gulf South the number of unemployed persons has more than doubled.