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Beliefnet asked a few people to write a prayer for those facing hard economic times nbsp Here is what I wrote nbsp Maybe it will help you nbsp or someone you are close to nbsp The rest are here Please O my God I know that you nbsp love me And I know that you want me to be happy safe and secu

Here is the estimable Ken Woodward of Newsweek on the lessons to be drawn from Obama s visit to ND The message of Notre Dame is that thoughtful Catholics wish this president well They will work with him if he will work with them The courtesies of the president s day at Notre Dame were a reassur

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Rather than editorializing I ll just give you the entire story from CNS nbsp There were two stories in the latest L Osservatore Romano the official Vatican newspaper nbsp One praised him for seeking common ground the other quoted critics of the president nbsp Here s the take from CNS nb

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While everyone talks about their opinions on President Obama s speech at Notre Dame today David Gibson s excellent article in the Outlook section of the Washington Post tackles the issue of who is really Catholic and why so many Catholics think that they can make that call nbsp At the end of h

nbsp Our blogger and frequent contributor to the mag Tom Beaudoin along with his band mates Brian Robinette and Michael Iafrate have created a new blog–sponsored by Liturgical Press–which will explore the connections between rock and theology nbsp It s nbsp called um Rock and Theology

In case you missed it here s Juan Williams of NPR your culture editor and Brian Lehrer on WNYC talking about Obama s visit to Notre Dame along with some very passionate callers nbsp You may recognize some insights from a certain Catholic magazine s recent editorial on the matter James Martin S

One of the nbsp great things about John Coleman S J is nbsp his ability to write nbsp on seemingly any topic with great grace and lucidity–from theology to sociology and more recently for nbsp America nbsp on art nbsp Here is Fr Coleman a sociologist associate pastor at St Ignatius Churc