Every Monday Wednesday and Friday I will discuss a portion of the Marcan Gospel to be followed eventually by Luke-Acts I will follow the Gospel chapter by chapter thus in a systematic way This means that I will not be commenting on liturgical texts or feasts of the Church Because others do
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Ministry at Home The special issue on lay ministry (7/21) contained several interesting articles, but I was disappointed (though not surprised) that I found no reference to Catholic parenting as a lay ministry. I understand it is not recognized as such in any official document. Parents are neglected
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August Selection
One of the most extraordinary and influential Catholics in the modern church Dorothy Day mdash co-founder with Peter Maurin of the Catholic Worker movement mdash was a genuine servant of the poor and an ardent peace activist whose life embodied the radical Gospel in action Throughout her decade
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A Modest Proposal Since America expresses such confidence in the ability of the United Nations to resolve humanitarian crises in “The Duty to Protect” (6/9), I propose that the U.N. and its entire bureaucracy be moved out of New York to Khartoum, capital city of Sudan and the location of
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July Selection
Already published to widespread critical acclaim this book tells in a fresh way the story of Catholicism in the U S from colonial times to the present mdash but from the perspective of the faithful themselves James M O rsquo Toole professor of history at Boston College in his introduction to
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A Guarantee Thank you for “The Forgotten,” by Pierre de Charentenay, S.J. (6/9). The fate of Iraqi Christians should be as important to humanity as was the fate of Muslims in Sarajevo in the early 1990s, and their tragedy should inspire the same solidarity around the world, especially fr
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13th Sunday: Family Heartbreaks
For all the great things the Church of yesteryear achieved it also did some terrible things One of the worst demands it made was that a Catholic who marries a person who is not a Catholic do so at a side altar oratory or in the sacristy of the Church How humiliating this directive was For how l
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Reformulating Reform In my review of Bishop Geoffrey Robinson’s book Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church (3/10), I professed a profound sympathy for much of Bishop Robinson’s analysis of the clerical sexual abuse scandal. Indeed, I believe that his analysis of much of what a
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Gems From the Web
Here is a selection of writing from the America Web site. Our site features two group blogs, “The Good Word” and “In All Things,” as well as weekly archive articles (under the banner In These Pages). Plus, you can find podcasts, video clips, slide shows and reviews of notable
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Corrections and Clarifications Thank you for publishing the article “Human Bondage” (4/14), of which I am a co-author. I have received many positive responses to it. Because of an editorial error, however, which reversed my meaning, I need to correct and clarify an important point. Once