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June 13th, 2006
A crisis of commitment
This past December, a Church in Orange, NJ (just outside of Newark) was the site of an unusual, and in some communities even radical, act: my then boyfriend and I—two black ...
June 9th, 2006
Remedies for the Church from a 23-year old Whisperer.
He may not be the pope but if chapters 1-3 of "The Gospel According to Rocco" have proven anything it's that Whispers in the Loggia's Rocco Palmo can pontificate with ...
June 6th, 2006
Just who is the mysterious scribe behind Whispers in the Loggia, the controversial blog that Catholic power brokers can't seem to get enough of?
He is a wiry bantam rooster of a man; a ball of nervous energy with brown hair and rectangular glasses sitting atop a Roman nose. From a row ...
June 5th, 2006
Catholic Do's and Don'ts: A Guide for Wedding Guests
The wedding season is upon us and BustedHalo readers have written in with great questions about religious protocol as we celebrate our friends' marriages. Does attending a Saturday evening ...
June 2nd, 2006
Busted Halo discusses faith's place in art and the public market with one of America's most adventurous singer-songwriters.
In the world of popular music there is perhaps no genre that is more suspicious of Christian faith than indie rock. Having grown out the late 70s punk movement ...
May 31st, 2006
A look inside the home schooling phenomenon and the lives of three of its practitioners
Moving from California to Guam in third grade, Rebecca Nations anticipated a new school and learning environment as she made the transition from the West Coast to the tropics. ...
May 29th, 2006
One seminarian's journey of faith from the Congo to the United States
It's easy to spot Raphael Okitafumba in the crowd outside of St. Finbar church on a sunny Sunday morning in southern California. Tall and lean, with a ...
May 29th, 2006
Listening to my son talk about God
I was walking with my son, Jonah, who was six, and his friend, Jack, home from school. They were discussing Pokemon cards. "Chancey EX has 120 HP points," ...
May 22nd, 2006
Jewish-Christians at USC struggle with the effects of conversion to Christianity
David Allen's parents wanted him to see a psychiatrist. Why? Not because he was depressed, taking drugs or getting bad grades in college but because he wanted to convert to Christianity. Allen is one of several ...
May 22nd, 2006
Advice from Celibate Clergy
Since I began writing this column, scores of readers have emailed me asking for personal advice. I always offer whatever thoughts I can, and usually end letters by recommending that they ...
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