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April 27, 2015

Vol. 212 / No. 14

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Of Other Things
Bill McGarveyApril 15, 2015

High school seniors are tired of being asked: Where are you going to school? What are you going to study?

FINAL VERDICT? Protesters against the death penalty outside the federal courthouse in Boston before closing arguments on April 6 in the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin ClarkeApril 15, 2015

It was no surprise that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on all 30 counts in the Boston Marathon bomber trial on April 8; in an opening statement, his attorneys had conceded his guilt in the April 2013 horror at the finish line. The State of Massachusetts bars the use of capital punishment, but Tsarn

Signs Of the Times

Chaplains who are part of the Army’s first line of defense against suicide say they need more training in how to prevent soldiers from killing themselves, according to a Rand Corporation survey published online on April 7. Nearly all the chaplains and chaplain assistants surveyed said the

Pope Francis looks on after greeting Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni during Mass marking 100th anniversary of Armenian genocide
Signs Of the Times

In the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Pope Francis decried on April 9 humanity’s ability to systematically exterminate its own brothers and sisters. He asked that God’s mercy “help all of us, in the love for the truth and justice, to heal every wound and

FTERSHOCK. A memorial vigil in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 7 for the 148 or more people killed in an attack on Garissa University College.
Signs Of the Times

Faced with a fierce enemy driven by Islamic extremism, the Kenyan government has cracked down on funding for al-Shabab, the Somali group that claimed responsibility for killing at least 148 mostly Christian students at Garissa University College on April 2. The leader of the Catholic Church in Kenya

Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
Signs Of the Times
Jim McDermottApril 15, 2015

Three lessons from Disneyland for the Catholic liturgy

Robert McClory
Signs Of the Times

A new Kansas law banning an abortion procedure that results in dismemberment of an unborn child “has the power to transform the landscape of abortion policy in the United States,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, on April 8. • Two notable passings in Catholic