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Allen  All Things Catholic  John L. Allen, Jr.   NCR Senior Correspondent weekly analysis     podcasts     more...     Daily News and Updates        Go To Friday's Column --- I was once 'more severe' than today, Benedict XVI tells priests Posted: Aug 7, 2008 at 05:19am CST. TV program explores present, future of Catholic media Posted: Aug 4, 2008 at 06:05am CST. WYD: Pope meets with sex abuse victims Posted: Jul 20, 2008 at 13:13pm CST. WYD: Madrid to host 2011 World Youth Day Posted: Jul 19, 2008 at 16:49pm CST. WYD: 'New Age' spirituality, Benedict XVI style Posted: Jul 19, 2008 at 15:04pm CST. WYD: Benedict the theologian offers seminar on Spirit Posted: Jul 19, 2008 at 00:47am CST. WYD: Pope on sex abuse: 'I am deeply sorry' Posted: Jul 18, 2008 at 14:28pm CST. WYD: Benedict paints his own shade of green Posted: Jul 18, 2008 at 06:53am CST. WYD: World Youth Day's evolution from Chaucer to 'Evangelical Pilgrimage' Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 06:07am CST. WYD: Novelty in the air, but a classic 'Ratzingerian' message Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 20:45pm CST. WYD: Pope lauds reconciliation with aborigines Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 15:31pm CST. WYD: Shadow of sex abuse crisis continues to fall in Sydney Posted: Jul 16, 2008 at 13:36pm CST. WYD: In Sydney, 'Ratzinger rules' but controversy persists Posted: Jul 14, 2008 at 22:32pm CST. WYD: Transcript of Benedict XVI press conference Posted: Jul 14, 2008 at 04:32am CST. WYD: Benedict XVI's family ties to Australia Posted: Jul 13, 2008 at 04:55am CST. Chittister  From Where I Stand  Joan Chittister, O.S.B.   NCR Web Columnist   Weekly Columns        Why them and not us? Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 09:03 CST. The message in the sand is a changing one Posted: Jul 2, 2008 at 08:12 CST. We'll miss you, Tim, more mightily than you would ever have believed Posted: Jun 16, 2008 at 06:48 CST. The girl gets banned again Posted: May 28, 2008 at 07:11 CST. Dear  On the Road to Peace  John Dear, S.J.   NCR Web Columnist Weekly Columns       Hiroshima, Ninevah, & Los Alamos Posted: Aug 5, 2008 at 04:54 CST. St. Ignatius, pray for us Posted: Jul 29, 2008 at 03:49 CST. Lessons from the Orange Revolution Posted: Jul 22, 2008 at 04:44 CST. Nonviolence and the presidential campaign Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 05:00 CST. Estés  El Rio Debajo El Rio: The river beneath the river  Clarissa Pinkola Estés   NCR Web Columnist Weekly Columns       The pope and La Curandera, the Healer Posted: Aug 4, 2008 at 06:03 CST. The Mystical Mouse; the roaring of the still small voice Posted: Jul 28, 2008 at 07:38 CST. The Apple Tree: Sexual Body Theology Posted: Jul 21, 2008 at 10:13 CST. Novena natus: Nine hymns for the souls of women Posted: Jul 15, 2008 at 04:27 CST. Gumbleton  The Peace Pulpit  Bishop Thomas Gumbleton   NCR Web Homilist Weekly Sunday Homilies       Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Posted: Aug 7, 2008 at 08:03 EST. Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Posted: Jul 31, 2008 at 10:12 EST. Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Posted: Jul 24, 2008 at 06:42 EST. Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Posted: Jul 17, 2008 at 10:22 EST.

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