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What Joseph Ratzinger Did During the War

Like many teenagers in wartime Germany, Ratzinger was involved in the Hitler Youth--but Jewish leaders aren't worried.

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'God Can Place a Definitive Limit Upon Evil'

Sometimes evil seems more powerful than good. But in the people who have endured evil, we discover God's victorious presence.

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Reclaiming the Swastika

It's understandably reviled as a symbol of Nazism, but the swastika is really a Hindu symbol of good luck.

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Why Is Ben Stein Talking About Darwin?

In 'Expelled,' the actor shows his serious side when he tackles Darwin, Intelligent Design, and academic freedom

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Austrian Amnesia

A Nazi sympathizer ascends, and Austria's past comes back to haunt it.

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Dueling Network Popes

New biopics on ABC and CBS--broadcast the same week--portray the life of Pope John Paul II.

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Ayan Hirsi Ali: A One-Note Islam Critic

One of Islam's worst critics is now an academic 'fellow' in the U.S. But Ayan Hirsi Ali's anti-Islam criticism is getting old.

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Culture Clash and the Commandments

It's amazing how much has always been at stake in the interpretation of these 10 terse phrases.

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Why We Need to Debate Torture

Real life requires us to decide between evils, says Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz.

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Vatican Opens Archives to Defend Pius XII

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