In March the newly relaunched Catholic Book Club will discuss The Patriarch The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P Kennedy The conversation will be lead by Kevin Spinale S J a Jesuit scholastic who teaches English at Boston College Read Kevin 39 s introduction to the new Catholic
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Tim Reidy is the deputy editor in chief of America Media.
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Opt out option expected for religious insurers who oppose contraceptives
From CNN Religiously affiliated organizations will be able to opt out of providing their employees with insurance coverage for contraceptives under updates to an Obama administration mandate that the Department of Health and Human Services is expected to unveil on Friday according to two sources In
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Jack and Evelyn
nbsp An intriguing essay in Slate compares two writers who one might be surprised to learn not only lived in the same century but shared the same religion In the corner of the afterlife where they keep the Catholic alcoholic geniuses Jack Kerouac and Evelyn Waugh are having a lovely time togethe
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‘America’ Reviews the Oscar Nominees
nbsp The Oscar nominees were announced this morning and America has reviewed several of the Best Picture contenders quot Amour quot reviewed by John Anderson quot Life of Pi quot reviewed by Karen Sue Smith quot Lincoln quot reviewed by John Anderson quot Beasts of the Southern Wild quot
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The Newtown Tragedy: A Story Without a Moral
Our friends at The Jesuit Post have published two reflections on the tragedy in Newtown Connecticut The first is from Sam Sawyer S J This afternoon the news began to break about the horrific school shooting in Newtown Connecticut And before we even knew how many had been shot or the identity
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The Religious Works of Dave Brubeck
From the America archives a look at the religious works of Dave Brubeck the jazz legend who died earlier this week Dave Brubeck is recognized as a gifted jazz pianist and composer His use of innovative techniques like the unique time signatures showcased in the breakthrough album Time Out
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The Hard-won Art of Ferdinand Hodler
Just posted Leo J O Donovan S J reviews Ferdinand Hodler View To Infinity now at the Neue Galerie in New York When Fyodor Dostoevsky and his wife visited the Kunstmuseum in Basel Switzerland and discovered Hans Holbein the Younger rsquo s ldquo Christ in the Tomb rdquo of 1521 th
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‘Marie Antoinette,’ Reviewed
Just posted Julie Rattey reviews Marie Antoinette a new play by David Adjmi which is playing at the Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven Absurdly tall wigs held aloft by stage wires A talking sheep An 18th-century queen who speaks like a modern-day valley girl Acclaimed playwright David