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La Salle Academy
The Christian Brothers and the Sisters of St. Joseph are working together to start a new school next year on the grounds of our parish. The school will ...
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Hunger USA
Hunger here in the richest nation in the world? Impossible, one might think. But the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual Hunger and Homelessness Survey makes it clear that hunger and food insecurity (not always having access to enough food to meet basic needs) not only exist, but are on the rise. The increase is reflected in the fact that the two dozen cities surveyed found that requests for ...
The Promise of Resurrection
For Christians throughout the world the dawn of Easter morning marks the celebration of the triumph of life over death, as we affirm our faith in the resurrection of Jesus. Religious faith is easily caricatured these days, dismissed as a failure of nerve before the ambiguities of real life or, more sobering, is identified with a fanaticism that seeks to assert its dominance over nonbelievers. The ...
Editorial: Intelligence and Policy
The world has always been a dangerous place, and each generation has had to confront its own set of challenges. During the years of the cold war, when the Soviet Union and the United States were locked in a nuclear standoff, the very survival of the international community was at stake. The danger was all too real, but it was clearly defined. By contrast, our contemporary challenges seem more ...
The Meanest Cities
Cities vary in their responses to the needs of their homeless populations. Some are very mean indeed as the numbers of homeless people continue to rise. Take Sarasota, Fla. After state courts overturned two successive anti-lodging laws as applied to public spaces, the city persisted and this past summer passed a third ordinance that makes it a crime to sleep without permission on city property. ...
Culture Clash
The chasm between the Muslim world and the West yawns still wider as a result of the furor over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Some of the protest, particularly in Syria, Lebanon and Iran, was government instigated; some was fomented by radicals keen to whip up animosity against the West. But much reflected genuine outrage at what Muslims regarded as blasphemy. Along with those who ...
Toward a More Civil Debate
In his State of the Union address on Jan. 31, President Bush called for greater civility in our public debates about national policy. “Our differences cannot be allowed to harden into anger,” he said. While it may prove to be an elusive goal, a restoration of civility in our public debate could have important pragmatic consequences. At other times and on other issues, a more civil public debate ...
A More Excellent Way
As a cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger made clear his desire for the church to find a way to convey to the world the joy at the heart of the Gospel. Now as Pope Benedict XVI, he has, with his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love), taken a decisive step in that direction. What is fresh about the letter is his topic—love. Most important is his vision of charity as belonging to the ...
Standing for the Unborn
On this feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord, we, the leadership of the Jesuits in the United States, fervently renew our opposition to abortion and our support for the unborn. In treating this delicate and controversial topic, we hope to provide our brother Jesuits, colleagues, parishioners and students with the spiritual leadership and ethical guidance they expect from us. As an international ...