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Work hard, pray hard: On Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton

Monday, October 10, 2011
By Online Editor
Work hard, pray hard: On Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton
The friendship of two spiritual giants reveals two remarkably different paths to the peace of Christ.Few have written authoritative biographies of the 20th-century spiritual giants Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker, and Thomas Merton, the celebrated Trappist monk and writer. Fewer still knew them both.
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Let's drop the bomb: It's time to get rid of nukes

Friday, August 5, 2011
By Online Editor
Let's drop the bomb: It's time to get rid of nukes
The U.S. bishops issued their 1983 pastoral letter The Challenge of Peace without a total condemnation of nuclear arms but planned to revisit the issue after the Cold War. More than 25 years later, the question is still on the table.
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Morally wounded: The spiritual costs of war

Thursday, May 12, 2011
By Online Editor
Morally wounded: The spiritual costs of war
    Grisly photos of U.S. soldiers spotlight the spiritual injuries our men and women in combat sustain in war, as well as their tragic results.
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Cuban comeback: Change is on the horizon in Cuba

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
By Online Editor
Cuban comeback: Change is on the horizon in Cuba
Overcoming great obstacles, many Cubans are returning to the Catholic faith and helping renew the island’s church.To this day Aldo Santos remembers with gratitude the frequent blackouts he experienced as a child in his native town of Holguín in northeast Cuba. Everyone in the neighborhood would come out of their house to gaze at the stars.
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This means war: The increasing signs of yet another war in the middle east

Friday, May 11, 2012
By Online Editor
This means war: The increasing signs of yet another war in the middle east
Arguments for U.S. military action in Iran feel like a case of déjà vu all over again.The dangers of war erupting this year with Iran are the greatest they’ve been since the hostage rescue misadventure in 1980 left eight soldiers dead in the Persian desert.
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Smoke and mirrors: Our nation's image is marred by social injustices

Friday, March 2, 2012
By Online Editor
Smoke and mirrors: Our nation's image is marred by social injustices
America’s inflated self-image doesn’t reflect our nation’s obvious flaws.When Harry Potter looks at the magical Mirror of Erised, he sees what he wants to see: his heart’s desire (get it?
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Performance review: More feedback on President Obama

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
By Online Editor
Performance review: More feedback on President Obama
We don't normally publish the feedback from our Reader Surveys online, out of respect for the privacy of respondents (name and city are included in this section), but between the record amount or responses to our survey on President Obama and the passion with which our readers responded, we wanted to share them with our online readers.We've included some of our favorite answers without any identif
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Performance review: Readers rate President Obama

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
By Online Editor
Performance review: Readers rate President Obama
U.S. Catholic readers provide a progress report on Barack Obama’s first term in office. Since Day 1 of his presidency, Barack Obama has had a rocky relationship with Catholics. His invitation to be honored at Notre Dame’s 2009 commencement sparked widespread criticism of the university and a questioning of its Catholic identity. He received encouragement from the U.S.
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Hold your fire! Let's call a truce in the war on Christmas

Thursday, December 15, 2011
By U.S. Catholic
Hold your fire! Let's call a truce in the war on Christmas
   To the barricades, patriots! Lock down the airports! Suspend the Constitution! Appropriate billions of dollars! Prepare a preemptive attack! The enemies, whoever they are, have launched a war on Christmas!
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How do you grade the president?

Friday, October 21, 2011
By Online Editor
How do you grade the president?
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