On Feb. 11, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced a decision that will have far-reaching implications for the modern church.
Drew Christiansen
Drew Christiansen, S.J., served as the editor in chief of America from 2005 to 2012. He was a Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development at Georgetown University and a senior fellow with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He was co-editor with Carole Sargent of A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament (Georgetown, 2020).
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Benedict’s Legacy
nbsp This morning 39 s news that Pope Benedict XVI resigned came as a surprise but it did not shock me For Benedict has shown devotion to Celestine V the sainted pope who resigned was then murdered and defamed by Dante because his abdication mdash in the Inferno Dante called it quot the Gre
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The Dangers in Gaza
Our contemporary Cassandras have been proven right in Gaza It is impossible to leave the pot of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the stove unattended for very long without it boiling over The Hamas rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and an impending g
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Solidarity Mission to Syria Includes Veteran Peacemakers
Last Tuesday Oct 30 the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone announced that Pope Benedict XIV is sending a delegation of high-ranking churchmen on a mission of solidarity to Syria The seven-man delegation is exceptional not only for its size but for the experience of its member
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Of Many Things
When I finish my last full day at America on Sept. 28, it will be 10 years to the day that I arrived here.
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Impulses of the Spirit: The servant church after Vatican II
The servant church after Vatican II
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Whither the Just War?: From March 24, 2003
September 11th raised new questions about what constitutes a just war.
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How to Keep Our Heads Amid the Craziness: Catholic reflections on the 2012 elections
Catholic reflections on the 2012 elections
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Morsi stresses dialogue, tolerance, human rights
The annual gathering of world leaders for the United National General Assembly is occasion for a variety of side meeting for world leaders the largest and most famous of which is the Clinton Global Initiative Yesterday the Egyptian Mission to the United Nations hosted an open forum for American