Cambridge MA In my nbsp previous post I described key features of nbsp ldquo Dialogue in Truth and Charity rdquo the document released by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to mark its 50th anniversary As I noted at the end of that piece the document is most valuable for its
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Negotiating War’s End
Was releasing five Taliban prisoners for one U.S. soldier a bad deal the U.S.?
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Readings: A Man of Principle?
“The Last Sentence,” a film by Jan Troell, opens in New York on Friday, June 20.
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RFK’s Lantern
Forty-six years years ago today Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. What would he make of the current state of U.S. politics?
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Jesuit Abducted in Afghanistan
The Jesuit Refugee Service in Rome confirms that on Monday afternoon its country director Alexis Prem Kumar S J was abducted by a group of unidentified men in western Afghanistan We are deeply shocked by Prem s abduction We are in contact with all the relevant authorities and doing everyth
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The ‘Obedience and Peace’ of Angelo Roncalli
In 1895 a young boy from the Italian village of Sotto il Monte sat down and began to write Nothing unusual about that mdash many youngsters get the inspiration to write about things they see They grab a pen or a pencil or in the cases of toddlers crayons and fill up reams of paper with the pro
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Nicea Ecumenical Council? Not Likely
After returning to Istanbul from his meeting with Pope Francis in Jerusalem Patriarch Bartholomew made the surprise announcement that the two of them had ldquo agreed to leave as a legacy to ourselves and to our successors to celebrate together a gathering in Nicea in 2025 after 17 centuries th
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Should U.S. bishops weigh in on the carbon emissions policy?
On Thursday May 29 the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops U S C C B published a letter to Environmental Protection Agency E P A Administrator Gina McCarthy about the agency rsquo s carbon emission standards for existing power plants The letter highlights several principles of Catholic Socia
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Gathered and Sent
When you grow up Catholic you learn early on that Sunday Mass is non-negotiable Unless you are dying or certifiably contagious you go to Mass I was in school before I had a friend who was not Catholic and whose denominational road to salvation did not mandate Sunday attendance My first thought
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A Phenomenal Woman: Maya Angelou, R.I.P.
On May 28 at the age of 86 Dr Maya Angelou renowned poet and writer died Hers was sometimes a tragic life but also one filled with wonder and surprises nbsp Born in St Louis in 1928 Angelou moved to Stamps Arkansas when she was three After being sexually assaulted at the age of eight t