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
"Doubt"
My brother seems lost after college
If McCain wins, should we all move to Scandinavia?
Thinking weaselish thoughts at Eastertide
Are you going to hell?
The accidental heretic
Bless me, Mother ...
Sunday morning coming down
Churches slam doors on sex offenders
Something to believe in
Don't like Christmas? Get a life
Compassionate conservative
Right Hook
War Room
How the World Works