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The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.
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Here on one of my favorite shows Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett carried on NPR are two of my favorite Jesuits and two friends George Coyne S J and Guy Consolmagno S J both astronomers working at the Vatican Observatory in Rome and in Tucson nbsp Just one is fun enough two is
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The fifth in a series on Huffpost nbsp If only I could experience God then perhaps I could believe That s a refrain of quite a few seekers and agnostics But they may already have experienced God the desire for God is very often a sign of God s call to us In the echo of our longing for the
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Cathy Kaveny professor of law and theology at Notre Dame nbsp has weighed in on Dotcommonweal on the controversy surrounding the announcement of the excommunication of nbsp Margaret McBride a Sister of Mercy pictured at right by Bishop Thomas Olmstead of Phoenix for her approval of an abortio
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I ll bet you could use one nbsp Here s one in the WSJ today about the Cristo Rey success story something of which we Jesuits are inordinately proud or at least as proud as we re allowed to be On June 10 Cristo Rey High School in East Harlem will graduate all of its 50 seniors All come from f
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Sean Cardinal O Malley the archbishop of Boston nbsp has now weighed in at length on the case of the same-sex couple in Hingham Mass whose child was prevented from attending a local Catholic parochial school there and which I blogged about here nbsp Characteristically nbsp Cardinal O Mall
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Can we please put an end to stereotyping celibate men and women nbsp Can we stop lumping them all together as hateful and mean-spirited nbsp Can we stop assuming that nbsp they nbsp are all the same nbsp No apparently we cannot nbsp Here is James Carroll a former priest and the author of C
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The fourth in a series on Huffington Post Atheists and non-believers probably won t believe this or me but I believe our desire for God comes from God and is one key way that God calls to us Even if you say that these desires are merely biological or psychological phenomena I would say that G
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Just posted in our online Culture section a review of the new series Justified by Carolyn Buscarino I ve not seen it but this review makes me want to do so Use it or drop it rdquo U S Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens calmly warns a jumpy criminal as they face off guns drawn on a deserted road
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No I m not making this up nbsp Coming to a theater near you is The Jesuit starring Paz Vega pictured here Variety sez nbsp Paz Vega is set to star in Paul Schrader s ensemble drama The Jesuit while Willem Dafoe Oscar Isaac and Michelle Rodriguez are in final talks Film Bridge Intl i
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At first blush this may sound like inside-baseball but it s an appointment of significance for the U S church From Boston College Chestnut Hill Mass 5-13-10 -- Boston College has announced the appointment of Mark S Massa S J the Karl Rahner Professor of Theology and the director of the