Michael Gerson has written a much-needed conservative Christian take-down of Ayn Rand up in his column for the Washington post nbsp Ayn Rand rsquo s adult-onset adolescence It rsquo s an appropriate topic during Holy Week nbsp Gerson outlines the conflict between Christianity and Rand rsquo s
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Wills, Kate and René Girard
One of the amusing effects of this week’s announcement that Britain’s Prince William is going to marry his long-time girlfriend, Kate Middleton, is that every copy of the blue dress that Kate was wearing at their photo-op has disappeared. The shops here in London say that they sold out of the dresses within 24 hours […]
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The Baptist Reformer
Perhaps more than other Christians who seem more open to floating freely among various denominations for worship and identity Catholics tend to view some other churches as monolithic institutions with clear doctrine and discipline guiding all members along a straight and narrow path But the cove
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Australian Priest Denies MacKillop’s Personal Involvement in Abuse Case
The priest who was widely quoted here and here and here as nbsp stating that part of the reason nbsp for the 1870 excommunication of the soon-to-be-canonized Blessed Mary MacKillop was her participation in raising nbsp questions about nbsp a sexually abusive priest now says he was misquoted nbsp
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United Farm Workers to Americans: Take Our Jobs
For anyone concerned that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from American citizens the United Farm Workers has a response Come take them back nbsp The UFW has started a Web site called takeourjobs org nbsp A statement posted on the site s homepage clarifies the message There are two is
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Criminally Unjust: Why America’s prison policy needs repair
Why America’s prison policy needs repair.
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Why torture degrades both the victim and the perpetrator.
Torture degrades both the victim and the perpetrator.
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Close Guantanamo, Says Anti-torture Group
The prison is the symbol of our country’s violation of our deepest values” and must be closed immediately, a group of religious leaders said.
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Our Brothers, the Jews: A lost manuscript, a continued call for solidarity
A lost manuscript, a continued call for solidarity
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The Public Duty Of Bishops: Lessons from the storm in South Bend
Lessons from the storm in South Bend