New Catholic Times

Section: Renewing The Face Of The Earth

Cornell West asks Obama questions
Is anyone male celibate in the hierarchy asking questions or do bishops operate out of fear of and obedience to Rome? Is listening a lost art for hierarchs?
For Israel, a reckoning Author: John Pilger

There is a clear momentum now.
Two related questions. Will momentum bring about change in Israel's relations with Palestinians? Will momentum (walking away from the institutional Roman Catholic church in Europe and North America) bring about any change in church governance?
Whistleblowers highlight deep fissures among British Jews

"Anti-Semitism - by which I mean racist, anti-Jewish feeling - has all but vanished. In fact, it is the Muslims, not the Jews, who are bearing the brunt of racism in Europe."
And in Canada? And what about KAIROS?

KAIROS: A defense Author: Jim Profirt sj
What is your understanding of anti-semitic? Are not Palestinians semites?

OVERVIEW OF SWIMME AND BERRY'S VISION OF THE ECOZOIC Another in a series of articles from The Center for Ecozoic Studie
Are Catholic schools teaching this in joint Biology/Physics/Religious Education courses? Are Catholic school boards offering this as PD? Are Catholic parishes offering this as adult faith development or in the RCIA/ If not, why not?

Section: People Of God: Committed To Renewal

A Little Bit of Religion POWER TO THE PEOPLE: GAME IS UP FOR THE OLD WAYS AND OLD COVER UPS Author: Father Brian D'Arcy C.P.
Sound familiar? Is there anyone out there in the hierarchy who is listening down as well as listening up?

Living Life At The Deepest Level Dick Westley reflects on "living in the Spirit" The third in a series
"When you live in love, you live in God" but someone else decides if you are living in love. Whatever happened to Canadian bishops who starting point for pastoral letters was an examination of lived experience (social analyisis) and not prescribed cookie-cutter prescriptions?

My Faith And/Or The Church Author: John Chuchman
Does this resonate with you? What are your lived experiences that have brought you to this?

Section: Peacemakers: Peace And Justice For All

British jews do not speak with one voice                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 What about Canadian Roman Catholics? Who speaks for you?

Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo, dies at 87 

Priest guilty of fortitude Author: Bill Johnson
Two people who were and are on the side of the oppressed? Why do we count so few bishops - Remi de Roo, Tom Gumbleton, Geoff Robinson, Ken Untener - amongst their number?

U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes Pentagon Supplier for Rifle Sights Says It Has 'Always' Added New Testament References
How prophetic is Bob Kaiser's series, "Holy Words Holy Wars"?

1 Year after Gaza Massacre: Over 500 Academics and Cultural Workers Call for Boycott Author: United States Campaign for an Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Another example of leadership from below: academics - yes contries - no. Catholic citizens in North America and Europe - yes Catholic Hierarchs - no on so many issues. Your thoughts.

Who was James Guadalupe Carney sj? and why are there still coverups? Author: Fr Joe Mulligan
Perhaps because we are told it is impossible to serve two masters. And we remember too well the words of one American hierarch, "My country right or wrong." Thoughts, comments, primal screams?
Section: Youth: New Perspectives
Section: Prophetic Voices

For Mary Daly: In Memory of Courage Walking Author: Joan Chittister OSB
Mary was teaching at BC when I was doing grad studies there. Her writings made a deep impression. Do you have any Mary Daly stories?

Section: Editorial And Other Voices

Haiti: an imperial victim      Author: The Editorial Group

Why the title of the editorial, "Haiti: An imperial victim"?

What do you take from the photo of President "Papa Doc" Duvalier on the balcony after his "election"?

When the unthinkable happens - unde malum? Author: Dexter Brereton CssP

How can Christian churches expect to be taken seriously when the likes of Pat Robertson makes his comments on Haiti and earlier a Catholic bishop makes similar comments about Katrina in relation to New Orleans? Have churches lost the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth?

Section: Taking It Off The Screen
Section: Arts

Avatar - Where does it challenge? Author: John Quinn
Is it unfair, in Catholic commentaries on Avatar, to expect some reference to Jesus' teaching on non-violence? Have we, in the West, reduced that message to wishful thinking?

Section: Letters

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