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• Speaking of suffering; waxing on bees 

  HISTORY & THE CRUCIFIXION Thank you for Peter Manseau's penetrating critique of Christian theodicies that too facilely appropriate the suffering...

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• Bee stuff 

  As a beekeeper and candle-maker, I was delighted to read Rita Ferrone's good tidings that the new English translation of the Roman Missal restores...

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• Seeking justice 

  In the homily at his April 15 installation Mass, New York's new Archbishop Timothy Dolan candidly acknowledged the many challenges facing the...

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• The right to refuse: how broad should conscience protections be? 

  Do health-care providers have a right to refuse to be involved in medical procedures that they believe to be immoral? If so, how broad is that...

  05/08/09 by Cathleen Kaveny · More from publication

• Bombs away: Obama's call to eliminate nuclear weapons 

  During his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama promised to make the goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons a central element of his...

  05/08/09 by Ronald E. Powaski · More from publication

• Messy love: Jean Vanier's L'Arche 

  The Globe and Mail is the Canadian equivalent of the New York Times. It is a Toronto-based paper (one of four), but it shares the same spot in the...

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