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December 7th, 2006
All I want for Christmas
I don't really know what I want for Christmas.
Sure, I want to have my Christmas cards done by my traditional (but never-heeded) deadline of December 10th. I'd like ...
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December 5th, 2006
Rest in Pieces : Rock n Roll's Church of Lost Souls
CBGBs closed for good this year. Despite financial help from its famous friends, the legendary New York nightclub finally lost a long legal battle with its landlord, the Bowery Residents Committee ...
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December 4th, 2006
The Bad News About Unwed Mothers
Keisha Castle-Hughes, the 16-year-old unmarried actress who plays the Virgin Mary in the new movie, The Nativity Story, is pregnant by her 19-year-old boyfriend. Last week CNN could ...
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November 30th, 2006
It Feels What You Feel (And Not Much Else)
Near the end of The Nativity Story, the manger scene is as still and precisely framed as the crèches children play with under Christmas trees. The crib is ...
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November 29th, 2006
Fr. Dave Dwyer CSP goes from website to satellite
Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Eminem and now Father Dave? Beginning on Monday December 4, Paulist Father Dave Dwyer will join Sirius satellite radio's growing roster of on-air talent when ...
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November 28th, 2006
The Tulip & the Pope by Deborah Larsen (Vintage)
In high school my best friend, Cathy, who went to an all-girl's Catholic school kept telling me, "The nuns say I have a calling." We used to crack ...
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November 27th, 2006
Of High Priests and Universal Language
At the time, Rice's much-anticipated second album was still in production. Ironically, last week, while spending time with high priests of a different sort, Rice's new album, 9, was ...
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November 20th, 2006
In the spirit of St. Ignatius, the Super Size Me director takes viewers on a 30-day spiritual reality retreat
Morgan Spurlock gained fame and an Oscar nomination by becoming a human guinea pig in the documentary Super Size Me in which he ate nothing but McDonald’s meals ...
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November 17th, 2006
As a nation, do you think we are grateful? Are you grateful?
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November 15th, 2006
Daniel Ellsberg
Most of us can identify certain teachers or mentors who have had a profound impact on our lives. The same can be said for particular books that have shaped ...
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November 13th, 2006
Sacha Baron Cohen's hilarious new film cuts uncomfortably close to the bone
As the many diehard fans of British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen had hoped, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan includes sixty minutes of ...
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November 7th, 2006
Are you planning on voting this Tuesday? Why or why not? What issues matter to you? How do you feel about criticisms that young people are apathetic when it comes to voting and politics?
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October 30th, 2006
Do you like Halloween? Is there anything you would not dress up as or you consider to just be wrong?
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October 27th, 2006
Love is in the Air
The save-the-date cards are rolling in with a frequency usually reserved for bills (this weekend, I'll be at the third family wedding of the year). Many of my friends ...
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October 26th, 2006
A Catholic Ride Through America's Evangelical Landscape: by Peter Feuerherd
Visit Jerusalem in Orlando! Journey into the Sinai Wilderness! Expect to be inspired! These are some of the many exclamations splashed across the Web site for The Holy ...
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October 25th, 2006
In recent weeks, Congressman Mark Foley was forced to resign after reports surfaced about sexually explicit messages he sent to under-age Capitol Hill pages over the internet. How do you feel about the Congressman's actions ...
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October 19th, 2006
Some of the Church's very best people did some very bad things. A conversation with author Thomas J. Craughwell.
Many Christians are familiar with the virtues of St. Mary of Egypt, who lived in the desert as a hermit for 47 years, devoting herself to God in ...
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October 19th, 2006
Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women: by Christine B. Whelan
Reviewed by Renée LaReau
In a well-known "Sex and the City" episode, Miranda, a high-powered attorney who works 16-hour days, tells a man she meets at a speed dating ...
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October 13th, 2006
The Punk Priest
At first, clicking onto Fr. Bob Lubic's website seems like a relatively conventional Catholic experience in the internet age. The sublime sound of Gregorian chant wafts from ...
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October 5th, 2006
Are the Ten Commandments similar to beliefs in other religions? Do you think all religions are basically the same path to get you to the afterlife?
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