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A march toward the absurd

With famed atheists Richard Dawkins and Christoper Hitchens planning on arresting the pope when Benedict goes to England later this year, I think it safe to...

Waiting for justice in Brazil

Sister Dorothy Stang's brother updates us on the lack of justice five years after his sister's murder. By Guest Blogger David Stang Corruption...

Calling Dr. Strangelove

US conservatives, or at least their blog- and Fox-based simulacrum, have predictably gone ballistic over President Obama's preferential option for a...

Easter season comes with stories

Family stories told at the holidays increase in meaning as death nears. Guest blog by Lisa Calderone-Stewart I remember an Easter morning in Montgomery...

The Pope and the Queen

As the world keeps wondering why Pope Benedict will not directly address the European sex abuse crisis, I find myself thinking back to the 1997 death of Diana...

Coming home to the Catholic Church

By Guest Blogger Christopher White As a young child growing up in a Pentecostal congregation in South Carolina, "homecoming" was one of those annual...

The rosary fight

Easter and Christmas always bring token feature stories about Christianity to the news. This year, in addition to the in depth coverage of the sex abuse...