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November 19th, 2008
A financial advisor and a scripture professor offer advice on how to navigate the current economic crisis
Whether it is the rising cost of your weekly grocery bill, water cooler rumors about layoffs or the nightly news, everyone is reminded about the ...
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December 18th, 2007
A Modern Pagan Talks about Solstice, Christmas and the Spiritual Search
"I hope I'll get it as a gift for Solstice," said Andrea Bunch at a recent party when talking about a bottle of wine she had laid eyes on. ...
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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 ...
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April 7th, 2006
An interview with CIA veteran Ray McGovern
Ray McGovern served God and country for 27 years as a member of the CIA by keeping his work secret. Today, along with a group of other Intelligence veterans, ...
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January 4th, 2005
An anorexic/bulimic finds nourishment and healing in her faith
Having just binged and purged, Kelly Raths remembers "literally pulling my head out of a toilet so I could go do youth group and be this vivacious person that ...
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January 2nd, 2005
The Reiki ministry of Sister Claudine Picard, RSM
This time of year, we promise to strip inches off our waist, build muscle on our upper arms and paint our teeth white. But Sister Claudine Picard, a small woman with ...
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October 1st, 2004
Religion Is in Fashion for Campaign '04
"I can assure you in my talks with God, He is not a registered member of the right wing of the Republican Party."
-- Presidential candidate Al Sharpton, a Pentecostal minister, during ...
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September 10th, 2004
One young officer's view from the frontline in Iraq.
Still dusting the sand off recent memories of his 15-months in Iraq, 26 year-old First Lieutenant Jeff Hurd of the US Army's Second Armored Cavalry Regiment, talks to BustedHalo about media coverage ...
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August 7th, 2004
Young, Gay Catholics struggle to reconcile faith and sexual identity
Looking forward to a summer wedding, 28 year-old Ashley Dumas carried her wedding dress out of the closet and hung it on the door for all to see. ...
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July 18th, 2004
Amidst protest the Archdiocese of Boston attempts to close 65 parishes.
"This was nothing but a war zone," said 30-year old Sixto Merced to a local Boston newspaper, "Church was ...
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May 10th, 2004
Celibacy as Spiritual Practice
You may not envision being called into relationship with God through a classified ad.
Nevertheless, perhaps God is calling you to live the vocation of singlehood—that is, the vocation of celibacy, of intimate union with the ...
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February 19th, 2004
Sacramental Somersaults Show An Openness to Change
All marriage as moral danger?
"Nothing is so powerful in drawing the spirit of a man downwards as the caresses of a woman," St. Augustine ...
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February 1st, 2004
A young Christian reflects on the tsunami and the death of a friend.
"I don't have words to explain how I feel. Please pray, that's all I can ask," said the e-mail that my friend ...
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January 24th, 2004
For the Spiritually Curious with a Limited Budget
I boarded a bus in Washington, DC, complete with wailing children, frustrated parents, and a man be-bopping to the loud music on his earphones for ...
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January 13th, 2004
A Catholic's Foray into the World of Buddhist Meditation
My body screamed: "I've only had four hours of sleep!"
But at 6:30 in the morning, some inner yearning drew me from my flannel sheets into the snowy winter morning. Looking back at last winter, I ...
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January 12th, 2004
Kim Schiel remembers swimming with her Catholic friends during college and noticing a row of scabs on the upper thigh of one of the females. This female was a ...
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