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A journey through the night with a verbal Prospero
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Are Buddhism and science incompatible?
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Simplicity
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View ArticleStates propel push toward same-sex marriage
Brian RoeweThe arguments have gotten louder over same-sex marriage ahead of two much-anticipated Supreme Court rulings on the subject.
View ArticleTraditional vows redefined for the 21st century
Maureen FiedlerEssay: The traditional vows of religious communities aren't so traditional anymore. Here's how they've been updated for the modern world.
View ArticlePope Francis calls careerism a ‘leprosy’ on the priesthood
Catholic News ServiceUsing especially strong language on one of his favorite themes, Pope Francis decried a plague of careerism among priests and urged them to renounce their personal ambitions for...
View ArticleFrancis at 100 days: 'the world's parish priest'
John L. Allen Jr. Thursday marks 100 days of Pope Francis' papacy, and so far, it's by no means a departure from business as usual.
View ArticleBehold the sun, the moon and the stars
Evander and Fotini LomkeSoul Seeing: The world stopped 23 years ago: April 19, 1990. Three-and-a-half-year-old Elizabeth closed her eyes and slumped.
View ArticleBishop diagnoses the institutional disease
Tom RobertsBook review: Bishop Geoffrey Robinson dares something fundamentally revolutionary in For Christ’s Sake: End Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church ... For Good.
View ArticleIsrael apologizes, but Congress defends raid
Stephen ZunesOpinion: The 2010 attack on an unarmed humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters ruptured relations between Israel and Turkey.
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