Recently in America magazine Prof Christopher Ruddy wrote a typically discerning and meditative article titled Our Ecumenical Future How the Bishops Can Advance Christian Unity November 8 2010 I was brought along in a spirit of genial agreement with him until the end of the article when

You may be aware that conditions in Sudan are reaching a crisis point as the referendum on southern independence comes up January 9 Many international observers are growing increasingly concerned about the likelihood of violence between the Arab north and the Christian and traditional south if as

Staten Island NY Blogging for America is an opportunity I appreciate and a pleasure in itself but occasionally there are extra benefits such as the chance once in a while to highlight an event that would not make the headlines Such is today since I am visiting Staten Island where I grew up

How can free-market capitalism be made less inimical to democracy America s editors raised this question last week The future of democratic government requires greater distance between finance and government not an easy task given the modern expectation that government manages the economy It als

On Sunday the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmiud Martin made a profound apology to the former parish of a priest jailed last week for sexually abusing three boys the priest had long since been laicised after serving a previous conviction for abusing six others THe archbishop who has waged an at tim

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