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Holy Silence Blog
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Give Us Back Our Words, Please
The debate over the impact of the media on the minds and hearts of adults and children has raged since the onset of radio and television and never more pointedly than in the two decades since the explosion of the Internet. During that time we have argued over explicit song lyrics, ratings systems for movies and television, the sub-text of commercials and even the availability of and free speech arguments for pornography online. Modern Iconoclasts Hard at Work What is less ob

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 9, 20095 min read


Lessons Written in Stone and Sand
Despite the inevitable self-aggrandizement that comes at the beginning of a new administration, and the self-congratulations that come at the end, the world has yet to see the kind of long-lasting, U.S.-brokered political change in the Holy Land that will realistically assure either the Palestinians or the Israelis the security to live their lives and to worship God without fear. And while the internal socio-political and religious realities in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Iran

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 27, 20096 min read
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