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A few articles that might be of interest:<\/div>\n
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Nicholas Kristof, of the New York Times, writes about the recent case of a nun in Arizona who was excommunicated because she supported the decision of a pregnant mother-of-three to terminate her pregnancy when she discovered that the pregnancy would likely cause her own death due to pulmonary hypertension. Kristof shares his opinion in “Sister Margaret’s Choice<\/a>.” It’s more complicated, ethically, than most abortion cases. Should this mother risk her life and her ongoing care for three children in order to potentially give birth to the fourth? Or did she make the right, if tragic, choice, in ending the pregnancy?<\/div>\n
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Also from the New York Times, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dali Lama, writes about religious pluralism in “Many Faiths, One Truth<\/font><\/font><\/a>.” It’s not quite, “all faiths are different roads up the same mountain.” He writes, “Granted, every religion has a sense of exclusivity as part of its core identity. Even so, I believe there is genuine potential for mutual understanding. While preserving faith toward one’s own tradition, one can respect, admire, and appreciate other traditions.” <\/span><\/div>\n

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A more humorous article from the New Yorker: “Hi from Heidi<\/a>.” Here Paul Rudnick provides the “full text” of Heidi Montag’s prayer before she underwent ten plastic-surgery procedures on a single day (“Montag told People that, before deciding to take these measures, ‘I prayed about it for a long time and said, “God, if it’s wrong, then I won’t do it.'”) It’s a funny piece, but a serious topic: How do we know that our prayers aren’t simply asking for God’s stamp of approval on choices we’ve already made? <\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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And finally, as we look to Memorial Day weekend, Nancy Gibbs’ essay from TIME: “TAPS: Help for the Families of Fallen Soldiers<\/a>” is worth reading, as both a reminder of the purpose of this holiday weekend and a reminder of the losses suffered by many in our nation. <\/span><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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