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August 5, 2009 Catholics and Health Care Reform Catholic Leaders Urge Congress to Pass Health Care Reform Catholic social justice leaders are urging Congress to put aside ideological and partisan agendas to…
September 21, 2006 Who Would Jesus Torture Who Would Jesus Torture Why are some born again Christians so quick to ignore the clearest of the teachings of the Prince of Peace?…
September 18, 2006 The Catwalk Finds God The Catwalk Finds God It used to be that cutting edge work for aspiring young ministers was to go out into a mission field…
September 14, 2006 Madonna and the Crucifixtion Madonna’s Crucifixion In the pop singer’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor” tour she poses on a giant cross, wearing a crown of thorns, against…
September 10, 2006 God-4-Sale God-4-Sale d-4oNow that the Internet has become a marketplace as much as a medium of communication, there’s a gold rush in progress, as people…
June 11, 2006 A Letter to the Pope Benedict XVI, Rouse Yourself! Tissa Balasuriya, a progressive Roman Catholic theologian from Sri Lanka, has often been at odds with the leadership of his…
April 1, 2006 Immigration and the Church The Archbishop Got It Right Immigration legislation already passed by the House would make it a crime to give a meal or provide emergency…
October 7, 2005 Is Bird Flu a Sign of the End? Does a Bird Flu Pandemic Foreshadow the End of the World? Some are predicting the end is near; others are banking on it. Let’s…
September 12, 2005 How Not to Help Hurricane Victims How Not to Help Hurricane Victims: Donors Beware In the days immediately following Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi, FEMA came up with a…