Our next print issue will be posted to the Web site on Monday June 14 but as promised we will keep adding Web-only content to the site during our summer biweekly schedule This week we have expanded Signs of the Times to include a report on the future of agriculture in Haiti and a summary of the
Tim Reidy
Tim Reidy is the deputy editor in chief of America Media.
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Is Ross Douthat Right about the Fertility Industry?
I know that the New York Times Ross Douthat has many fans among our commenters and though I don t always agree with him he is quickly becoming a must read Last month s column on abortion in America was nuanced and provocative and sparked an interesting if predictable response from readers La
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This Week Online: Stories of Immigrants and Poetry Prize Winners
Though we are now on a biweekly print schedule we will continue to post items weekly to the Web site This week in conjunction with the announcement of our 2010 Foley Poetry prize winner we are featuring an online archive of past Foley winners Check it out here We are also grateful to the Archd
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The Last Days of St. Vincent’s
St Vincent s Hospital has always occupied a special place in the memory of Catholic New Yorkers Full disclosure I like Kevin Clarke was born there Founded by the Sisters of Charity St Vincent s served lower Manhattan and beyond for over 150 years It acted as a trauma center in the afterma
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Most Holy Trinity Year C
Trinity Sunday gives us a wonderful moment to reflect on how mysterious God is how little we can say no matter how vast our desire It also prompts us to recall that cardinal Bible sin idolatry false claims about God often overbalanced toward certainty and projection i e making God too much l
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This Week Online: Mary Gordon Podcast and The Politics of Get-Off-My-Back
This week s podcast features an interview with the novelist and essayist Mary Gordon Gordon s new book Reading Jesus began as an effort to understand Christian fundamentalism by looking at the primary sources of the Christian tradition As she examined Jesus life and work she discovered that sh
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Soldiers of Conscience
Just posted to our Web site a series of video interviews with soldiers and conscientious objecters exploring the dilemma of killing in war These videos are taken from the new Emmy-nominated documentary Soldiers of Conscience Many thanks to Ian Slattery for providing these clips Two examples
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This Week Online: Joseph Califano Podcast and Catholic Student Community Video
Joseph A Califano Jr a longtime contributor to America and a member of the magazine s board of directors sat down for this week s podcast to discuss Criminally Unjust his analysis of America s flawed prison policy in the current issue Mr Califano argues that drug treatment is essential to r
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Trying to Keep the Faith
We are happy to feature this guest blog post from Francis A Quinn the archbishop emeritus of Sacramento Calif One of the most memorable moments of my life was when I conferred the Sacrament of Confirmation on 20 youths in San Francisco s Children s Hospital The children were from 4 to 16 years
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Listening to the Church’s Critics
I admit in my recent Of Many Things column that I sometimes give in to the temptation to tune out the sex abuse scandal As a Catholic journalist I am obligated to follow the story as it unfolds but when I can I look away So on Sunday morning as I open up The Week in Review forgive me if I