Goodbyes do not come easy for me.
Patricia A. Kossmann
Patricia A. Kossmann is literary editor of America.
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Of Many Things
November is a time to honor the memory of the souls and saints who have gone before us.
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Mother Teresa at 100
Next week August 26th to be precise marks what would be the 100th birthday of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta The Albanian-born nun and foundress of the Missionaries of Charity religious order died on Sept 5 1997 and was beatified in Rome on Oct 19 2003 Books and documentaries about her l
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The Deadly Spill
As Kerry Weber reported from New Orleans today Catholic Charities and other humanitarian agencies are assisting the vast population of fishermen whose livelihoods are in serious jeopardy after the BP oil spill in the Gulf The U S Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly pursuing a full invest
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Book Briefs
The Lives of Jack LondonJames L. HaleyBasic Books. $29.95For those who know Jack London only from their high school days, that is, as a writer of supposedly “young-adult” tales like the novel The Call of the Wild or the supreme short story “To Build a Fire,” this riveting bio