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: Politics & Culture
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February 19th, 2008
A new survey reveals significant generational differences in Catholic attitudes toward marriage
Do you believe that your spouse should be your soul mate first and foremost? Do you agree that marriage should be whatever two people want it to be? Do ... |
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February 15th, 2008
On being Black and Catholic in America
It was as if I was a kid again. The gospel choir numbering at least 30 strong lifted their voices to the rooftop. The pulse of the ... |
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February 13th, 2008
Rather than condemning The Vagina Monologues
the Church should be listening to what it is telling us
"The split between the Gospel and culture is without a doubt the drama of our time," wrote Pope Paul VI in 1975. Occasionally I am reminded of this "drama" ... |
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February 12th, 2008
Security concerns for Barack Obama are evidence that race is still very much an issue for some Americans
Recently, several media outlets, including the New York Times, have printed stories on the increased security surrounding the Senator and his family. "Obama must be wary of ... |
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February 8th, 2008
An Orthodox Christian college student ponders salvation
So Heath Ledger passed away a few weeks ago, the final outcome of a long struggle with depression, substances, and wild living. While the thousands dying of starvation and ... |
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February 5th, 2008
When will the Church comment on the evils of Big Tobacco?
There's a new cigarette on it's way, one which Philip Morris, the world's largest producer of cigarette products, hopes will meet the changing cultural and social needs of today's ... |
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February 4th, 2008
Men, women and sports
My husband isn't speaking to me. He isn't speaking to anyone, really. He's crushed by the Patriots defeat in last night's SuperBowl.
I'm not that chatty either, but not because I ... |
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January 30th, 2008
Ginny Kubitz Moyer's book, Mary and Me offers contemporary women's experience of the Blessed Mother
For many young women, their sense of Mary, mother of Jesus, is relatively one-dimensional. They recall a humble, pious woman who was submissive to both her husband and her God. Or she's the woman in ... |
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January 28th, 2008
Convert, mystic, evangelist, American. The cause for the sainthood of Paulist founder Isaac Hecker is opened in New York.
The most consistent feedback we receive from young adults in their 20s and 30s here at Busted Halo® is that they identify with our focus on the ... |
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January 25th, 2008
Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood stuns and confounds
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood literally starts off with a thud. Only a few minutes into the film, set in late 19th and early 20th century ... |
