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In All Things
One of the consequences of the blogosphere and cable news is that it is very easy to only engage those who share similar concerns or those with a similar point of view So lately I have been paying attention to conservative Catholic sites that opposed health care reform because they thought it di
In All Things
It is nice to be able to write now about the new health care reform law as opposed to the health care reform bill With President Obama rsquo s signature we are now irrevocably on a path to universal access to health coverage Sr Carol Keehan received one of the twenty pens Obama used to sign
In All Things
I nbsp can think of no modern churchman who deserves the title quot saint quot more than Oscar nbsp Arnulfo Romero the martyred archbishop of San Salvador who was assassinated 30 years ago today nbsp He was the first bishop martyred while celebrating Mass since the time of St Thomas of Be
In All Things
Sure Jesus multipled the loaves and fishes but he kept the fare at the Last Supper pretty simple Artists it turns out haven t had the same level of restraint Reuters reported that according to a recent study the size of the main meal in artists depictions of the Last Supper over the past 1 0
The Good Word
Here and unusually in all three readings we can find a common crucial focus How Jesus mdash or the Isaian servant or any of us mdash will meet and engage suffering whether it is imposed by others directly or comes more remotely from human ill-will nbsp Also of course we are challenged to th
In All Things
The USCCB nbsp has sent over the text of the bishops response to the recently passed healthcare legislation For nearly a century the Catholic bishops of the United States have called for reform of our health care system so that all may have access to the care that recognizes and affirms their hum
In All Things
By now I hope you have read Andrew Bacevich s excellent article on the U S campaign in Afghanistan from the current issue To hear from Professor Bacevich a widely respected military historian listen to this week s podcast Also in the March 29th issue George Anderson S J nbsp leads a conver
In All Things
Here s a no-holds-barred interview on nbsp Mother Mary McKillop and nbsp the saints on Australian Public Radio nbsp From time to time it s good to be challenged on things that Catholics take for granted nbsp nbsp nbsp The interviewer really holds my feet to the fire but in a friendly way nbs
In All Things
What should the Obama administration and congressional leaders push next now that they have won the health care debate Finance reform passed a Senate panel yesterday and it is undoubtedly needed but the bill passed on a straight party-line vote and finance reform is another highly complicated is
In All Things
Some onlookers might find it problematic or even scandalous that a group of nuns supported the current health care reform bill whereas the U S Catholic bishops opposed it in pursuit of stronger protections against the possibility of abortion coverage and worried about costs Some news reports seeme
Signs Of the Times
Initial reports blame the attacks on members of the Muslim Fulani tribe against the Christian Berom tribe.
Signs Of the Times
The agency cited women employed in private homes as in need of protection from abuse and exploitation.
Theater
'Clybourne Park' takes as its inspiration Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 play.
Questions and opportunities for 'retired' priests
Books
Explorations of eternity from two post-modern intellectual historians