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‘Splendidly himself’: The funeral homily for Robert F. Drinan
John Langan, S.J., preached the homily at the funeral of Robert Drinan, S.J., on Feb. 1, 2007. The full text of his homily is below.
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The Political Is Personal
Always try to do too much must be taken as one of Salman Rushdie’s mantras and he certainly lives up to it here This sprawling story flashes back and forth from pre-World War II Strasbourg to present-day Los Angeles touchesat least fleetinglyon every major world crisis from the Holocaust to
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He Held These Truths
John Courtney Murray is the most significant Catholic theologian the church in the United States has ever produced.
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Should politicians be refused communion?
When Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, was asked at a press conference in Rome on April 23 whether Senator John F. Kerry should be denied Communion, he responded: “The law of the church is clear. The church exists in the United
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Catholics and Candidates
Senator John F. Kennedy walked into the grand ballroom of Houston’s Rice Hotel with one goal: to put to rest the notion that a Roman Catholic should not be elected president of the United States. It was September 1960, and many Americans were wary of electing a Catholic. Most non-Catholics vie
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Boston Boy
The most startling fact about Edwin O’Connor’s life was its brevity The acclaimed author of such mid-century Irish and Catholic classics as ‘The Last Hurrah’ and ‘The Edge of Sadness’ seemed a fit and healthy man. Yet he died when he was just 49 in 1968.
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Dealing With Terrorism
Where does terrorism come from and how far ought any government go to both defeat terrorists and protect citizens’ rights, not least their right to life?
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A Changing Landscape?
Mike Davis is a lively and gifted writer of the left with the flair—even if often polemical—of a born journalist.
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10 reasons to oppose the death penalty
Even the guilty have a right to life, but that is not the only reason to stand against capital punishment.