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Books
Daniel Cere
The conversion of Anne Rice
News
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Congolese Bishops Denounce International Silence on Genocide A group of Congolese bishops has denounced the international community’s tolerance of increasing violence in eastern Congo, which they called a “silent genocide” against the civilian population there. “We are callin
Of Many Things
Drew Christiansen
The U.S. doesn't always have to take the lead in brokering peace agreements
Barbara Crossette
Will the new Human Rights Council take its mandate seriously?
Letters
Clever, You My Jesuit training from long ago leads me to love your magazine, although at times I do consider it, in matters financial, an addendum to Das Kapital. Imagine my surprise, nay, my amazement, then, to agree with your views on the current financial crisis (“Encourage Savings” a
Books
Jeffrey Gros
The fifth general conference of the Latin American bishops Celam in 2007 was a significant event in the history of the church in the Western Hemisphere Its report Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus Christ That Our People May Have Life in Him may be among the most interesting missiological tex
Current Comment
The Editors
No Common Ground? A Forgotten Battle
Columns
Terry Golway
'I'm inspired by the astonishing optimism of other Americans.'
David Hollenbach
How the Catholic Church promotes human dignity
Robert A. Senser
Toward a new framework for corporate responsibility
Culture
Peggy Rosenthal
Parsing Kate Daniels' 'Inscrutable'
A slideshow courtesy of Trinity Icons
The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Second Sunday of Advent (B) Dec. 7, 2008
Editorials
The Editors
The deadly legacy of cluster bombs
Maryann Cusimano Love
Can the United States recommit itself to legal interrogation techniques?
Thomas E. Quigley
Human rights came slowly to Latin America.
Faith in Focus
James J. DiGiacomo
The first in a series for Advent
A special issue featuring articles by Maryann Cusimano Love, David Hollenbach and Barbara Crossette
In All Things
Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Cambridge MA I have been teaching a seminar on the Bhagavad Gita reading it with two classical commentaries by Ramanuja 11th century and by Madhusudana Sarasvati 16th century and two modern commentaries by Mahatma Gandhi and by Bede Griffiths the Catholic monk who lived for many years in
The Good Word
John J. Kilgallen
Upon leaving the Temple platform and all its beauty one of the disciples expressed awe at the stones and buildings there For people from Galilee no doubt the immense pillars and valuable stone and wood and metals the artwork and design all around them was a stark contrast to their small diml