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November 18, 2011: Penn State and Clergy Sex Abuse Parallels

Watch Kevin Eckstrom, editor of Religion News Service, and Kim Lawton, managing editor of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, compare what happened at Penn State and the long-running sex abuse scandal in the Catholic church.

Nov 18th, 2011 | 5 comments

November 18, 2011: Happiness and a High Standard of Living

"Something like happiness, it sound frivolous, but it’s not frivolous. The purpose of society is to create a better quality of life for all the people. It’s not to create the highest amount of aggregate wealth," says international business consultant and author David Rothkopf.

Nov 18th, 2011 | 2 comments

November 18, 2011: Spirituality and Humor

“There’s a fundamental misunderstanding that says religion needs to be serious all the time and gloomy and dour,” says Rev. James Martin, S.J., author of Between Heaven and Mirth, who believes humor is good for one’s spiritual health.

Nov 18th, 2011 | 3 comments

November 18, 2011: Jokes from Father Jim

Rev. James Martin, S.J., author of Between Heaven and Mirth and chaplain for comedian Stephen Colbert, tells some of his favorite jokes.

Nov 18th, 2011 | 0 comments

November 18, 2011: Listen Now

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November 11, 2011: Chaplain Burnout

Some chaplains have seen and ministered to so many dying or badly wounded soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan they themselves have become casualties.

Nov 11th, 2011 | 13 comments

November 11, 2011: Richard Rohr

"Religion isn’t bad, but until religion becomes actual spiritual experience, it is just religion," says this sometimes controversial Franciscan priest and author.

Nov 11th, 2011 | 51 comments

November 11, 2011: Listen Now

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Nov 11th, 2011 | 3 comments

November 4, 2011: Mississippi Personhood Amendment

There is a proposal on the ballot in Mississippi that would say human life begins at conception. If the measure passes, every fertilized human egg in Mississippi would be defined as a person, and that could make abortion, for any reason, murder.

Nov 4th, 2011 | 16 comments

November 4, 2011: Faith-Based Social Services in Brazil

"I feel the young people and children, adolescents, all of them, they all need an opportunity...they need a good education," says Sister Judith Lupo, head of Brazil's largest church-run social services agency.

Nov 4th, 2011 | 0 comments
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