Paul Elie at quot Everything that Rises quot has a nice magazine mash up over America 39 s Colbert cover v Rolling Stone 39 s Pope cover Some highlights quot Stephen Colbert nbsp on the cover of nbsp America and Pope Francis nbsp on the cover of nbsp Rolling Stone it rsquo s as if every Bell
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Pope: Warns that Poorly Trained Priests Can Become ‘Little Monsters’
Some very interesting comments from readers on my recent column quot Post-Clerical Catholics quot many thanks to all those who have taken the time to share their thoughts Along those same lines Pope Francis kept up his own running commentary on the issue of clericalism when he spoke to 120 s
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Post-Clerical Catholics
It is important to remember that the sheep, ultimately, don’t exist for the sake of the shepherd.
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Ray Davies…Rock’s Binx Bolling
Residents of New Orleans can be forgiven if they 39 ve recently felt the ghost of Binx Bolling roaming their streets in the form of British rock royalty Binx the abstracted alienated main character from Walker Percy 39 s 1961 novel The Moviegoer wandered through New Orleans and its suburbs du
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The Porcelain Generation?
On the heels of my most recent America column Signal Noise which dealt with social media obsession a friend sent me an essay from last week 39 s New York Times nbsp titled quot Looking for Intimacy in the Age of Facebook quot It 39 s a fascinating read In the piece Andrew Reiner–who teach
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Signal/Noise
We are living in a post-textual world, where words are no longer sufficient.
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Everything That Rises
Columnist Bill McGarvey blogs on a new venture from Paul Elie, author of ‘The Life You Save May Be Your Own’
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‘Who Am I to Judge?’
I’m not sure if any official guidelines exist about going to a priest for spiritual direction; but if they do, I’m fairly certain that “Remember to insult your spiritual director at the first meeting” is not among them.In my defense, it wasn’t intentional. I’d kno
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In hook-up culture on campus, women are often the predators, not the prey
nbsp Given the great conversations that resulted–and are still going on–from my last column quot The Sexual Devolution quot about the epidemic of bad sex on college campuses I thought people would be interested in this recent article in the NY Times quot Sex on Campus She Can Play That Gam
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Fill the Void
In the midst of a sweltering 90-degree afternoon in New York yesterday I ducked into a theater to beat the heat Considering the weather this normally would 39 ve been a perfect opportunity to sample some light escapist summertime fare instead I decided to take a chance on a film that was highly