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February 2004

February 04, 2004
WASHINGTON -- One of the most sobering sights that novelist Joel Rosenberg has ever seen...

January 2004

January 28, 2004
John Paget has no doubt there are conservative Christians in cyberspace who are praying for...
January 21, 2004
Jesuits rarely receive frantic calls from Hollywood megastars rushing to finish movies that are causing...
January 14, 2004
Another Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Winter Solstice season has come and gone, but the lawyers...
January 07, 2004
The words are ancient, yet affirmed by all who join the Episcopal Church.The bishop asks...

December 2003

December 31, 2003
The atmosphere could not have been tenser as the world's Anglican archbishops gathered in the privacy...
December 24, 2003
EDITOR'S NOTE: Second of two columns on traditional carols.The story begins with the Empress Helena,...
December 17, 2003
Sometime just before Christmas, maestro Patrick Kavanaugh will gather a few friends to take part...
December 10, 2003
LOS ANGELES -- Faced with the end of his world, even the cheery hobbit Pippin...
December 03, 2003
The bureaucrats charged with turning Russia into a godless utopia had a December dilemma and...

November 2003

November 26, 2003
Catholics who treasure ancient liturgies smirk and call them "Mass factories."These churches are visions of...
November 19, 2003
The old voice was shaky and the pre-recorded tape was poor, but the Rev. Billy...
November 12, 2003
Few would fault the clarity of the Orthodox response to the September marriage of Denis...
November 05, 2003
LOS ANGELES -- The story has everything that a comic book needs, like rippling muscles,...

October 2003

October 29, 2003
Anyone looking for the "Matrix" movies at a video store knows to seek the digital...
October 22, 2003
Two decades ago, the northern United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. merged with the southern...
October 15, 2003
Some of the lessons Father Kevin Martin learned in seminary have faded with time, but...
October 08, 2003
NEW YORK -- Cell phone to her ear, "Junket Bible" in hand, the studio publicist...
October 01, 2003
The telephone rings during dinner and a dispassionate voice invites you to participate in a...

September 2003

September 24, 2003
As a veteran of many Billy Graham crusades, Johnny Cash must have known the parable...
September 17, 2003
Susan Pace Hamill's colleagues on the law faculty at the University of Alabama were puzzled...
September 10, 2003
The program opened with a homily by President Bush about American values, teamwork, dedication and...
September 03, 2003
The first thing police found at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was a piece of...

August 2003

August 27, 2003
It took a few minutes for leaders of the Bisexual, Gay & Lesbian Alliance at...
August 20, 2003
The telephone rang after midnight and sleep was not an option for the Rev. Martin Luther...
August 13, 2003
Anyone trying to understand the Catholic college culture wars can start with last spring's commencement...
August 06, 2003
The news from Rome infuriated the most quotable Catholic, gay, HIV-positive, political conservative in cyberspace.But...

July 2003

July 30, 2003
MIAMI -- The elderly husband and wife were screaming at each other as they waited for...
July 23, 2003
ORLANDO -- Lee Hillman's nightstand contains a copy of Sir James George Frazer's classic "The Golden...
July 16, 2003
As was his custom, the thief began his day with prayer before an icon of Mary...
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