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
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Nixon to Billy Graham in ’73: Jesuits are ‘All-Out, Barn-Burning Radicals’
In a wide-ranging conversation on Feb 21 1973, the Rev. Billy Graham and President Richard Nixon discuss American Catholics and the Jesuits, among other topics.
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In Israeli Jewish Schools, No Teaching About Christianity
Currently, if anything about Christianity is taught, it is about the Crusades and the Inquisition. There is no teaching of comparative religion.
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Lessons in Mercy: Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities
Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities