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U.S. / Perry v. Schwarzenegger and the nature of marriage

Suzanne Lewis — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT

In the struggle over the California Marriage Protection Act, what is at stake is the concept itself of marriage. The campaign in favor or against the so-called “ Proposition 8” has been the most expensive of any, except the US presidential election.

(Pubblicato il 12/02/2010)

Read: US/ The traditional concept of family is under a continuous attack
Read: US/ Feminists’ crowning glory
Read: US/ New York: Same-Sex Marriage Bill is a "Radical Social Experiment"
Read: WEIGEL/ Culture: what men and women cherish

HEALTH CARE / Life is no commodity

Suzanne Lewis — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

The catholic bishops in the United States have asked once again for a comprehensive healthcare system, and have been criticized even from inside the Catholic world. The starting point for most criticism is always an ideological argument of one kind or another.

(Pubblicato il 06/02/2010)

Read: U.S. / Health Care a Basic Human Right, Say Bishops
Read: HEALTH CARE/ A success for Democrats. And the Bishops?
Read: U.S./ A Catholic Vision of the Health Care Reform
Read: U.S./A Broad-Based Congressional Victory for Life

CROSSROADS/ The Passion for Culture, the Thirst for Meaning

Suzanne Lewis — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT

The passion for culture, the search for knowledge, the thirst for meaning. These are the main interests of the Crossroads Cultural Center, a place that is open, where friendship can develop and where roads meet in a time of change.

(Pubblicato il 01/02/2010)

Read: NEW YORK/ An Unusual Encounter: Friendship and Meeting (1)
Read: NEW YORK / An Unusual Encounter: Charity and Love (2)
Read: NEW YORK / An Unusual Encounter: Life and Fate (3)

NEW YORK / An Unusual Encounter: Life and Fate (3)

Suzanne Lewis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:22:00 GMT

Life and Fate, an epic novel by Vasilij Grossman, describes the nature of man in the face of any form of power, in Communist Russia as in any place and at any time. A central point in the exhibitions that the New York Encounter, the two-day cultural festival held in Times Square one week ago, offered to its visitors.

(Pubblicato il 26/01/2010)

Read: NEW YORK/ An Unusual Encounter: Friendship and Meeting (1)
Read: NEW YORK / An Unusual Encounter: Charity and Love (2)
Read: BEYOND THE WALL/ The Echo of Freedom
Read: COSMOLOGY/ The Nobel laureate Mather: many questions are posed by the universe

NEW YORK / An Unusual Encounter: Charity and Love (2)

Suzanne Lewis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:21:00 GMT

Charity and Love: the same concept but two different words? The New York Encounter, the two-day cultural festival held in the heart of Times Square one week ago, featured an ample discussion of this issue, in which the discovery was made anew that only in Christ can love and charity become true and a possible way of living.

(Pubblicato il 26/01/2010)

Read: NEW YORK/ An Unusual Encounter: Friendship and Meeting (1)
Read: NEW YORK / An Unusual Encounter: Life and Fate (3)
Read: EDUCATION/ The Teacher as Benefactor: Thoughts on Education as an Event from St Thomas Aquinas
Read: CHARITY in AMERICA: The Pope’s New Encyclical in the New World

NEW YORK/ An Unusual Encounter: Friendship and Meeting (1)

Suzanne Lewis — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:20:00 GMT

Meeting and Friendship: two words which seem to be interdependent, but it is not so simple. At the New York Encounter, the two-day cultural festival held in the heart of Times Square one week ago, this was made clear through the witness of 30 years of experience at the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples.

(Pubblicato il 26/01/2010)

Read: NEW YORK / An Unusual Encounter: Charity and Love (2)
Read: NEW YORK / An Unusual Encounter: Life and Fate (3)
Read: RIMINI/ “More beautiful than the beach”: Volunteering at the Meeting
Read: WEILER/ In Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Rimini Meeting in Italy

U.S./ Langley: The Unnamed Dead

Suzanne Lewis — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

As in the past, the practice of naming fallen soldiers continues today, on one war memorial after another, where the names of the dead are carved into stone monuments. For those who work at the CIA, the greater honor lies in not having one’s name written, just unnamed stars on the "Book of Honor".

(Pubblicato il 14/01/2010)

Read: U.S./ National Security: Who is the Enemy?
Read: U.S./ Terrorism: Obama’s Katrina?
Read: US Elections/ Will the Intelligence vote for Obama?

PRO-LIFE/ Change comes from a long and patient cultural work

Suzanne Lewis — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:10:00 GMT

A recent Gallup poll indicates that a significant number of people in the U.S. have changed their mind about abortion, and now more Americans identify themselves as pro-life than pro-choice. Behind this change is a long-term cultural work on the value of human life.

(Pubblicato il 05/11/2009)

Read: HEALTH CARE/ Democrats seek to ban publicly funded abortions in the new health plan
Read: ABORTION/ The risk of preterm or low birth weight births in subsequent pregnancies
Read: ABORTION/ Two viewpoints, but only one side is heard
Read: US/ Abortion, a non political issue

THE POOR/ With obedience, a way to sanctity

Suzanne Lewis — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Obedience and care for the poor: these are the reasons for St. Jeanne Jugan's canonization on October11, 2009. To help the poor she herself became a beggar, going door to door to collect money for their needs.

(Pubblicato il 17/10/2009)

Read: DAMIEN DE VEUSTER/ "We Are Filled With Joy": For Hawaii's Saint, Rome Gets Aloha

US/ Rhetoric and Facts about Sonia Sotomayor

Suzanne Lewis — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT

When the president nominates a judge to the Supreme Court, an inevitable typhoon of rhetoric (glowing endorsements from the president's political party and prophesies of doom from the opposite party) swirls in all the media outlets throughout the country. Amid all the rhetoric, few facts about the candidate may be discerned.

(Pubblicato il 11/06/2009)

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