Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who may -- or may not! -- be a pedophile in this deliberately ambiguous drama.
By Stephanie Zacharek Dec 12, 2008
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He's started attending Mass ... and he's going to convert!
By Cary Tennis
October 7, 2009
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Imagine a land where presidents don't sprinkle holy water on wars, citizens have good healthcare and governments care about the environment.
By Louis Bayard
October 22, 2008
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Holy Week is a good time to ask: Do we really believe or do we just like to hang out with nice people and listen to organ music?
By Garrison Keillor
March 19, 2008
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Former born-again Christian John Marks journeyed back into the evangelical America he'd left behind and discovered the promise -- and limitations -- of faith.
By Louis Bayard
February 25, 2008
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Every Sunday I sit in the pew, full of doubt, next to my conservative Christian wife.
By Cary Tennis
April 21, 2009
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I wish I could have faith -- at least for my daughter's sake if not for mine.
By Cary Tennis
January 24, 2008
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I'm a devoted Catholic and a huge Philip Pullman fan. Can a church that condemns him still embrace someone like me?
By Donna Freitas
December 7, 2007
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An anonymous complaint brought a scary visitor with a list of accusations.
By Cary Tennis
November 30, 2007
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Women are ordained as Catholic priests in a ceremony some call profane.
By Lynn Harris
November 12, 2007
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I've been lying to my family, my friends and my religious university -- I don't believe in God! I don't! I don't!
By Cary Tennis
October 25, 2007
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I'm an old, tired Democrat, sick of this infernal war, but here in an old brownstone church there is a moment of separation from all the griefs of this world.
By Garrison Keillor
October 17, 2007
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I don't believe in God but I want to allay her fears.
By Cary Tennis
October 4, 2007
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We do our Christian charity and then drink mimosas at a fancy hotel up the street. And that just seems so wrong!
By Cary Tennis
August 21, 2007
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The Catholic Church fights bills extending limits for filing charges of child sex abuse.
By Carol Lloyd
August 9, 2007
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Some congregations struggle to accommodate all while still protecting children.
By Catherine Price
August 7, 2007
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Christian, Muslim and Jewish congregations are struggling over whether to let sex offenders worship in their midst. Few have mercy.
By Eilene Zimmerman
April 26, 2007
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For years, I struggled to connect to my father's God. But this Easter I'm reminding myself that Jesus himself was a doubter.
By Darcey Steinke
April 7, 2007
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We're happy to help with her second mortgage -- but not if the money goes to her church.
By Cary Tennis
December 8, 2006
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You may feel excluded by Christian symbolism, but you're in America. Work with it.
By Garrison Keillor
November 29, 2006
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Also: IRS warns South Dakota churches against certain political campaigns.
By Lynn Harris
June 14, 2006
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Under cover of the sex-abuse scandal, the Vatican is scapegoating homosexuals in order to purge all "wrong thinkers" from the American Catholic Church.
By Sara Miles
October 3, 2005
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John Paul II has been appropriated by the American right. But his "culture of life" was not the same as theirs.
By Amy Sullivan
April 2, 2005
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My mother is a black evangelical Christian -- and a staunch Democrat. The party failed her and millions of other religious folk, and that has to change.
By ZZ Packer
November 20, 2004
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War hawks Brooks, Kagan and Kristol admit that Bush has blundered in Iraq. Plus: A new CEO for the CIA, and recruiting "wild Christian warriors."
By Mark Follman
April 21, 2004