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James T. Keane
James T. Keane is a Senior Editor at America.
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Lessons from Daniel Berrigan’s F.B.I. evasion
From the moment Daniel Berrigan took the stage at Cornell University on April 17, 1970, he and everyone else there knew he would be arrested.
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Defenders of the Faith
Anyone with a Twitter account could put out a virtual shingle as a church expert.
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Ross Douthat belongs in the conversation. Here’s why.
Let us avoid clericalism in all its forms, including casting those without Ph.D.s into the outer darkness.
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Nouveau Censors
But what can escape the outrage censors when everything is an outrage?
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Can we do anything about climate change? L.A. might show us how we can.
Can we do anything about climate change? L.A. might show us how we can.
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Oscar Romero’s Beatification
Will El Salvador receive the graces of what almost all agree was a graced moment?
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Pope Francis’s Message Read At Oscar Romero’s Beatification Mass
The full text of Pope Francis 39 message to the Archbishop of San Salvador read at mass today His Excellency Jos Luis Escobar Alas Archbishop of San Salvador President of the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador Dear Brother The beatification of Archbishop scar Arnulfo Romero Gald mez who w
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Oscar Romero’s Beatification Mass
When Blessed Oscar Romero 39 s relic the shirt he was wearing under his vestments when he was murdered was carried into the Beatification Mass this morning I ran back to the press tent to watch the procession on screen and to wait for my own video to upload It would have been a moving experie
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The Beatification of Oscar Romero
With three hours still to go until the mass of celebration for the beatification of Oscar Romero the Plaza El Salvador del Mundo and the surrounding streets are filled with people some of whom slept in the street overnight through the downpours and the lightning The mood is celebratory but the g