The Catholic Church in America is facing numerous challenges beyond the recent sexual abuse scandals according to Peter Steinfels, a New York Times Beliefs columnist and author of A People Adrift: The Crisis Of The Roman Catholic Church In America. He calls for significant change in how the Church does business. Also: Coverage of the reinterment ceremonies at South Street Seaport for the remains of the free and enslaved African-Americans whose graves were discovered during a downtown construction project 12 years ago.
Rites of Return
Howard Dodson Director of the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library
on the ceremonial reinternment of the remains of over 400 slaves. He is joined by State Senator and Minority Leader David Paterson (D-29th District-Harlem, the Upper West Side and Washington Heights) and ...
on the ceremonial reinternment of the remains of over 400 slaves. He is joined by State Senator and Minority Leader David Paterson (D-29th District-Harlem, the Upper West Side and Washington Heights) and ...
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of …Property
WNYC News Reporter Andrea Bernstein talks about liberty bonds and WNYC's "handshake hotels" story.
Gives us this Day our Daily Bread
WNYC Reporter Amy Eddings on Nicholas DiMarzio replacing Thomas Daily as Bishop of the Brooklyn diocese.
Reformation Redux?
Peter Steinfels, former senior religion correspondent and now writer of the biweekly "Beliefs" column for the New York Times, and author of A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church In America
Open Phones
Listeners call in to share their thoughts on Arnold Schwarznegger's sexual harrassment accusations.
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