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Rowan Williams Accepts the Campion Award

Musings on Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and "martyrial ecumenism" from the archbishop of Canterbury.


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James Martin, S.J., offers a modest proposal to bankers who received massive bonuses last year.

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Dysfunctional

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This is the winter of our discontent. And the Senate is mostly to blame.

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Haitian Emigration; Banks and Bonuses; Saving a Lunch Counter

Bread and Roses

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The aesthetic is an essential aspect of life. Not by bread alone do we live.

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Richard Rohr's new book isn't interested in doctrine or psychology, but experience.

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Rowan Williams Receives America's 2009 Campion Award

"As a theologian and apologist, the archbishop has heightened readers’ receptivity to transcendence and opened their minds to revelation,” Father Drew Christiansen said.

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A New World

After watching "Avatar," our critic was grateful for the 25-minute walk home and a chance to calm down.

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Why Catholics Fast

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