Geoffrey Berg author of The Six Ways of Atheism recently challenged Pope Benedict XVI to a public debate about the existence of God which Berg hopes will take place during Benedict rsquo s upcoming visit to the U K In an open letter to the pope a copy of which also was sent directly to the Vati
Kerry Weber
Kerry Weber joined the staff of America in October 2009. Her writing and multimedia work have since earned several awards from the Catholic Press Association, and in 2013 she reported from Rwanda as a recipient of Catholic Relief Services' Egan Journalism Fellowship. Kerry is the author of Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job (Loyola Press) and Keeping the Faith: Prayers for College Students (Twenty-Third Publications). A graduate of Providence College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously worked as an editor for Catholic Digest, a local reporter, a diocesan television producer, and as a special-education teacher on the Navajo reservation in Arizona.
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Benedict XVI’s New Book for Children
Those who never got around to reading Jesus of Nazareth might have a better chance of getting through Pope Benedict XVI s latest work a children s book The 48-page book is called The Friends of Jesus and is based on texts from the pope s Wednesday general audiences The cover illustration by an It
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Wuerl Discusses Women in the Church
From a U S C C B press release WASHINGTON mdash Archbishop Donald W Wuerl of Washington Chairman of the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB responded to a clarification from the Vatican that raised the attempted ordination of a women to a ldquo mor
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United Farm Workers to Americans: Take Our Jobs
For anyone concerned that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from American citizens the United Farm Workers has a response Come take them back nbsp The UFW has started a Web site called takeourjobs org nbsp A statement posted on the site s homepage clarifies the message There are two is
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Do Catholic Elementary Schools Need More Male Teachers?
Approximately 11 percent of teachers at Catholic elementary schools are male including priests and brothers and in a recent piece on The Washington Post rsquo s nbsp ldquo On Faith rdquo blog guest contributor Mark Judge argues that this number is far too low He writes ldquo This imbalance
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New Finance Model for Boston Archdiocese
From The Boston Globe The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston moving to stabilize its finances and replace an old-fashioned patchwork of parish taxes and fees is rolling out a new financial model in which all parishes will be expected to contribute 18 percent of their weekly offertory ldquo gr
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Will Work for Free: Faith-based programs create a culture of service amid economic crisis.
Faith-based programs create a culture of service amid economic crisis.
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Short-Term Commitment, Long-Term Effects
Not everyone can spend a year or two as a full-time volunteer. That’s why some long-term faith-based volunteer programs have started offering new opportunities for those with only a week or a summer to spare. Though short-term programs are sometimes criticized as superficial fixes, Katherine H
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Schoenborn Rebuked by Vatican
From the AP VATICAN CITY AP — The Vatican on Monday admonished a leading cardinal for having publicly criticized the former Vatican No 2 for his handling of clerical abuse cases In a statement the Vatican said only the pope can make such accusations against a cardinal not another so-called p
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This Week Online: Obama’s emotions, Long-term Volunteering, and a Requiem for St. Vincent’s
This week our online exclusives include content from several America editors In our podcast Web Editor Tim Reidy and I talk about my year of volunteer service on the Navajo Reservation through the Mercy Volunteer Corps Powered by Podbean com Associate Editor Kevin Clarke spoke with Sist