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Papal Resignation a...
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"I look forward to seeing who our next Holy Father is and how he is going to move the church into the future,” says Maureen Ferguson, senior policy advisor for the...

Papal Resignation and Succession: “Move the Church into the Fu...

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Papal Resignation and Succession: “Move the Church into the Future”

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"I look forward to seeing who our next Holy Father is and how he is going to move the church into the future,” says Maureen Ferguson, senior policy advisor for the Catholic Association.

Papal Resignation a...
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Haris Tarin, director of the Washington, DC office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, says Pope Benedict XVI was outspoken on Syria, preemptive war, human right...

Papal Resignation and Succession: A Muslim Perspective

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Papal Resignation and Succession: A Muslim Perspective

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Haris Tarin, director of the Washington, DC office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, says Pope Benedict XVI was outspoken on Syria, preemptive war, human rights abuses, and Middle East peace, and he leaves behind an overall legacy of “quite a positive interaction” between Christians and Muslims.

Papal Resignation a...
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21:52:22 02/14/13

This Catholic theologian says the church needs a new pope who is a man of the world with pastoral sensitivity, someone who will “walk in the shoes of Peter.”

Papal Resignation and Succession: “We Need a Superman as Pope”

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Papal Resignation and Succession: “We Need a Superman as Pope”

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This Catholic theologian says the church needs a new pope who is a man of the world with pastoral sensitivity, someone who will “walk in the shoes of Peter.”

Papal Resignation a...
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On Ash Wednesday, outside St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C., we spoke with Catholics about their reaction to the news that Pope Benedict will step down a...

Papal Resignation and Succession: Lay Catholic Reaction

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On Ash Wednesday, outside St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C., we spoke with Catholics about their reaction to the news that Pope Benedict will step down at the end of February, and what they hope to see in his successor.

Papal Resignation a...
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19:34:47 02/13/13

Christopher Ruddy, associate professor of historical and systematic theology at the Catholic University in Washington, DC, suggests that the next pope should turn ...

Papal Resignation and Succession: “Rethink What the Pope Shoul...

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Papal Resignation and Succession: “Rethink What the Pope Should Be Doing”

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Christopher Ruddy, associate professor of historical and systematic theology at the Catholic University in Washington, DC, suggests that the next pope should turn to other bishops around the world to “help him carry the burden of leading the church.”

Rabbi David Hartman...
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On the news of his death in Jerusalem on February 10, we reprise excerpts from managing editor Kim Lawton’s 1999 interview with this eminent Jewish philosopher, le...

Rabbi David Hartman, 1931-2013

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Rabbi David Hartman, 1931-2013

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On the news of his death in Jerusalem on February 10, we reprise excerpts from managing editor Kim Lawton’s 1999 interview with this eminent Jewish philosopher, leader of liberal Orthodoxy, and founder of the Shalom Hartman Institute who said, “I believe that the fundamental mission of the Jewish people is to be a vision of [...]

Grammy Nominee and ...
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23:06:01 02/08/13

“Hymnody touches people so much because most people learn hymns when they are children, and then it reminds them of something...Hymns that represent this ideal of ...

Grammy Nominee and Conductor Julian Wachner

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Grammy Nominee and Conductor Julian Wachner

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“Hymnody touches people so much because most people learn hymns when they are children, and then it reminds them of something...Hymns that represent this ideal of the afterlife—that’s the world I love.”

February 8, 2013: M...
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The Christian message, says musical artist Lecrae, “rocked me in a way I’d never been rocked.” But now his Christian music is being described as “phenomenally rele...

February 8, 2013: Mainstream Christian Music

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February 8, 2013: Mainstream Christian Music

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The Christian message, says musical artist Lecrae, “rocked me in a way I’d never been rocked.” But now his Christian music is being described as “phenomenally relevant” and “musically edgy,” and it has achieved huge mainstream success.

February 8, 2013: L...
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“Can you be Christian and rap at the same time? I think you can take rap and use it for redemptive purposes...I want to provide a landscape of hope for people.”

February 8, 2013: Lecrae Extended Interview

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February 8, 2013: Lecrae Extended Interview

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“Can you be Christian and rap at the same time? I think you can take rap and use it for redemptive purposes...I want to provide a landscape of hope for people.”

February 8, 2013: T...
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“The wall is coming down between Christian music and mainstream music,” says this Christian hip-hop and pop artist, who adds that he and other Christian musicians ...

February 8, 2013: TobyMac Extended Interview

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February 8, 2013: TobyMac Extended Interview

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“The wall is coming down between Christian music and mainstream music,” says this Christian hip-hop and pop artist, who adds that he and other Christian musicians are all “flawed people depending on grace.”

February 8, 2013: T...
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She said the models to follow were the saints, and it was the saints who constantly replenished the church.

February 8, 2013: The Life of Dorothy Day

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February 8, 2013: The Life of Dorothy Day

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She said the models to follow were the saints, and it was the saints who constantly replenished the church.

February 8, 2013: R...
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“Holiness is the vocation of all Christians. It’s what we’re called to be. It doesn’t mean to be canonized. It doesn’t mean to be called 'saint'…It means to be the...

February 8, 2013: Robert Ellsberg Extended Interview

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February 8, 2013: Robert Ellsberg Extended Interview

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“Holiness is the vocation of all Christians. It’s what we’re called to be. It doesn’t mean to be canonized. It doesn’t mean to be called 'saint'…It means to be the person God wants us to be, to be a person whose life reflects the love of Christ.”

February 1, 2013: T...
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The latest news from Timbuktu, according to Professor Shamil Jeppie, is that 25,000 Islamic manuscripts were quietly moved out of the fabled Saharan city to protec...

February 1, 2013: Timbuktu Mali Manuscripts

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February 1, 2013: Timbuktu Mali Manuscripts

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The latest news from Timbuktu, according to Professor Shamil Jeppie, is that 25,000 Islamic manuscripts were quietly moved out of the fabled Saharan city to protect them from destruction by Islamist militants.

February 1, 2013: T...
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Her letters, papers, photographs, and library all remain inaccessible to the public, so historians and scholars are unable to tell her story in full.

February 1, 2013: The Rosa Parks Papers

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February 1, 2013: The Rosa Parks Papers

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Her letters, papers, photographs, and library all remain inaccessible to the public, so historians and scholars are unable to tell her story in full.

February 1, 2013: G...
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"We’re not promoting faith. We’re not even promoting interfaith. We’re promoting understanding,” says Dr. Douglas Kindschi, director of the Kaufman Interfaith Inst...

February 1, 2013: Grand Rapids Interfaith Year

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February 1, 2013: Grand Rapids Interfaith Year

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"We’re not promoting faith. We’re not even promoting interfaith. We’re promoting understanding,” says Dr. Douglas Kindschi, director of the Kaufman Interfaith Institute at Grand Valley State University.

January 25, 2013: R...
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The president’s second inaugural address embraced American exceptionalism and invoked the "founding creed" of the Declaration of Independence.

January 25, 2013: Religion at Obama’s Second Inaugural

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January 25, 2013: Religion at Obama’s Second Inaugural

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The president’s second inaugural address embraced American exceptionalism and invoked the "founding creed" of the Declaration of Independence.

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July 15, 2011: Female Circumcision

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July 15, 2011: Female Circumcision
06/08/12

It is a painful rite of passage for girls in many African and Middle Eastern countries, but in Senegal there has been a remarkably successful campaign to change people's attitudes towards female circumcision in an effort to eliminate the practice altogether.