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October 12th, 2006
Deliver Us From Evil is a troubling documentary on a number of levels
In the elevator riding up to a screening of the documentary Deliver Us From Evil, a fellow attendee, his voice the dictionary definition of sarcasm, asked, "So, ready for a great movie about ...
October 6th, 2006
The Franciscan Friar from the Bronx talks about the release of his third rap album
Chances are while you were having a cup of coffee this morning Fr. Stan Fortuna had already produced a new DVD, written a chapter for a book and recorded ...
October 4th, 2006
The feast of St. Francis and the blessing of the animals
CNS Photo Americans love their pets. More than 63 million households have one and the numbers are on the rise. We take our animal companions on walks, to the beach ...
October 1st, 2006
One of the most important whistle-blowers of the 20th century urges current Pentagon employees not to make the same mistakes he did.
He was a Harvard-educated PhD whose star was on the rise in Washington, a trusted adviser to several administrations with access to highly confidential information. All of that changed ...
October 1st, 2006
A private Yom Kippur
Now that I live in North Carolina, I find myself explaining a lot. I grew up Jewish in New York, a place where it's equally likely to hear ...
September 29th, 2006
Turning Inside Out
As time goes on, and this column keeps evolving, I've found something interesting. For once, I hope I'm wrong on this one but, just in case, let me ...
September 29th, 2006
Slayer's new album confronts America's religious hypocrisy
In recent years I have found that I do not recognize many names on the Billboard music charts. Perhaps this is a sign I am getting older and ...
September 28th, 2006
Spiritual Soundtrack
As I wasn't blessed with enough talent to be one, I've always kept a special place in my heart for musicians. It's part envy, of course—a friend ...
September 22nd, 2006
Catholic-Muslim Relations in the wake of the Pope's controversial remarks
As the firestorm of reaction cools to some sentences in Pope Benedict's talk on September 12 at Regensberg University in Germany, the questions of the hour are: What lessons ...
September 20th, 2006
My unlikely journey of faith
When I was growing up my mother constantly reminded me that "the path to God is not easy" but as the child of an atheist father and—to my mind—an ...
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