Features
: Politics & Culture
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April 17th, 2008
Covering Pope Benedict's visit to the United States
Yankee Pope
Constantly Alert
"Praying fervently for the coming of the Kingdom ... |
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April 11th, 2008
Seekers find salvation in New Age capital of America
Yvonne Draper came to Sedona to kill herself. With a ruptured disc in her back, a hip that slid out of the socket, knees and ankles that ... |
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April 9th, 2008
Singer, songwriter, seeker, activist
It is the most standard of questions in any interview with a musician: 'Who are your influences?' So standard (and cliched) in fact that readers ... |
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April 4th, 2008
The former Master General of the Dominican Order worldwide discusses freedom, truth, sexuality and healing a polarized Church
As he bounds off the stage in his white friar's habit into the large audience in an Anaheim Convention Center ballroom, Timothy Radcliffe, OP seems to have the ... |
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March 30th, 2008
Controversial Catholic youth minister Justin Fatica is tough and bruised, but soft-hearted, and few dispute he has a knack for reaching troubled kids
The children who show up for Kids ALIVE in Burlington's Old North End number between 40 and 50, and most range in age from about 8 to 16. Many ... |
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March 27th, 2008
A fourteen-year-old girl—
on tip-toe in the attic—
saw the huge horse-chestnut,
Westerkerk tower, and the random
flight of gulls. "Our tree
is in full ... |
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March 19th, 2008
Holy Thursday
and the washing
of the feet
Holy Thursday begins what has been traditionally called the Sacred Triduum in Holy Week. It is the time in the Church's calendar in which we liturgically commemorate the Passion, ... |
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March 17th, 2008
Seen and Hurd in the Holy Land
A few weeks ago, I stood in the sacred spot where John the Baptist baptized Jesus. The Baptism site is in Jordan and I was in-country for a week ... |
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March 14th, 2008
An American nun sees the Iraqi refugee crisis up close
Shame and sorrow—those were the two words Sister Anne Curtis uses to describe how she felt after meeting face-to-face with Iraqi refugees. "The feelings were very intense," ... |
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March 14th, 2008
Asking ancient questions in Africa
For years before I actually traveled there, I dreamed of Africa. Elephants and gazelle and women with long necks infiltrated the landscape of my ... |


