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Leo J. ODonovanFebruary 19, 2007

The horrors of the bloody century past—from the Great War through the Holocaust and Hiroshima to the genocide in Rwanda—all but defy human imagination. Some artists, though, have summoned skill enough to warn us of the sorrows humanity can inflict upon itself. Their imagery bears ponderi

Faith
Maurice O'SullivanFebruary 19, 2007

The first question surprised me. We had come to China in the spring of 2006 as a group of college faculty members to experience the old and the new China and to meet faculty and students at a variety of universities.

Film
Richard A. BlakeFebruary 19, 2007

Suicide and martyrdom have become our constant companions in this dark new century. We’ve settled comfortably into explaining the phenomenon in terms of extremism or fanaticism. We place the blame securely on tribal and religious traditions gone terribly wrong in the minds of some few who woul

Arts & Culture Culture
Lawrence S. CunninghamFebruary 19, 2007

One could do worse than devote some time during Lent to 'lectio divina' and reading the Scriptures prayerfully.

Poetry
Richard OFebruary 19, 2007

A poor thing the past

Letters
February 19, 2007

Distraught Prayers

There is no way either Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City, S.D., or America could have anticipated the confluence of his unambiguous defense of all life (How Unconditional Is the Right to Life? 1/29) and the New York federal jury’s imposition of the