Here is our latest offering from Mirada Global an analysis of politics in Mexico on the anniversary of the country s founding Due to its deeply conservative nature the Mexican government is unable to face the Independence and the Revolution that marked the history of this country Questioned beca
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Born for this Day
Bishop Blase J Cupich a friend and contributor to America was installed last week as the sixth bishop of Spokane Washington Here we are happy to reprint his homily from that occasion The installation Mass took place on Friday September 3 the feast of St Gregory the Great The late Father Dav
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Scholars, Parents Respond to Archbishop Dolan
In our current issue Archbishop Timothy M Dolan calls upon all Catholics to recommit themselves to the mission of Catholic education The truth is that the entire parish the whole diocese and the universal church benefit from Catholic schools in ways that keep communities strong Archbishop Dola
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John W. Martens Podcast
John W Martens an associate professor of theology at St Thomas University is well known to readers of The God Word In our latest podcast Prof Martens reflects on the question what is the Bible The answer depends on whether you are Jewish Catholic Orthodox or Protestant Even among Englis
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Crack for Anglophiles
Two items of note for you Anglophiles out there The BBC has collected its interviews with British authors in this amazing online archive Listen to conversations with Virginia Woolf P G Wodehouse Kingsley Amis Hilary Mantel V S Naipaul the list goes on Alas I can t locate any Graham Gree
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New from CARA: Ex corde ecclesiae at 20
As part of our ongoing partnership with CARA we will be regularly calling attention to their recent findings on In All Things Here you can read about the changing attitudes of Catholic students in the 20 years since the promulgation of the papal encyclical Ex corde ecclesiae Among other things
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This Week Online: Matisse Slideshow, Summer Books and Report from Sudan
This week s cover story from Fr Leo Donovan reviews the Matisse exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art Here we offer a slideshow of images from the exhibit The debate on the search for the historical Jesus continues this week as two scholars respond to Luke Timothy Johnson s article The Jesus Cont
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This Week Online: Stem Cell Breakthrough and the Failure of an Energy Bill
W Malcolm Byrnes report on the prolife promise of induced pluripotent stem cells is a lucid presentation of a complex scientific and moral question To hear more from Professor Byrnes check out this week s podcast Our In These Pages selection this week looks at the thorny problem of immigration r
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The Church & Indigenous Peoples
Last week we announced our formal partnership with Mirada Global nbsp an online magazine that brings together material from Jesuit publications in North and South America As part of this collaboration we will be featuring weekly links to articles from MG Here is our latest offering a nbsp refl
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Congratulations, Fr. Francis Clooney!
Regular readers of this blog are familiar with the wisdom of Francis X Clooney S J Now Fr Clooney has been recognized for his outstanding work in comparative theology by the British Academy which has elected him a corresponding fellow Corresponding Fellows are scholars nbsp outside the UK who