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Postponed – The Colbert Report
Lisa’s appearance on “The Colbert Report” has been postponed. Check back for new dates and, if you miss the live show, come back to the site and we’ll post the video.
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The Troubled Future of Catholic Celibacy
In 1998 a Roman Catholic nun named Marie McDonald wrote a brief and painful summary of her concerns to her colleagues and superiors. It was labeled “strictly confidential.” She was worried, she said, about the sexual abuse of nuns by Roman Catholic priests in Africa. The memo—titled “The Problem of the Sexual Abuse of African
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The Atlantic’s Andrew Sullivan Reviews “Heaven”
On April 7, 2010, Andrew Sullivan cited the Slate.com review of heaven on The Atlantic’s Daily Dish: Johann Hari reviews Lisa Miller’s new book: The heaven you think you’re headed to–a reunion with your lost relatives in the light–is a very recent invention, only a little older than Goldman Sachs. Most of the believers in
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NBC Nightly News Interviews Lisa: Vatican Scandals
On April 4nd. 2010, Lisa appeared on NBC’s “Nightly News” to discuss recent scandals and the Vatican’s response. Visit MSNBC or view the segment below.
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Slate’s Johann Hari on “Heaven”
John Lennon urged us: “Imagine there’s no heaven/ It’s easy if you try/ No hell below us/ Above us only sky …” Yet Americans aren’t turning to Lennonism any faster than Leninism. Today, 81 percent say they believe in heaven—an increase of 10 percent since a decade ago. Of those, 71 percent say it is
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The Toronto Star’s Cathal Kelly on “Heaven”
On April 1st, 2010, Cathal Kelly reviewed “Heaven” for the Toronto Star: “St. Thérèse of Liseux was the sort of heedless optimist the Catholic Church could use about now. “I believe in Hell,” she once said. “But I believe it is empty.” Of course it is, Sister. Haven’t you heard that Heaven is full to
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A Women’s Place is in the Church
Here they are, the members of history’s oldest and most elite all-male club, trying to manage what began as a domestic crisis. For decades, priests in America, Europe, Ireland, Brazil (and God knows where else) abused—raped or otherwise molested—children and teenagers not in the frescoed halls of the Vatican but in their own backyards: on
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Newsweek Cover Story: What Would Mary Do?
A Woman’s Place Is in the Church The cause of the Catholic clergy’s sex-abuse scandal is no mystery: insular groups of men often do bad things. So why not break up the all-male club? Here they are, the members of history’s oldest and most elite all-male club, trying to manage what began as a domestic
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