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Arts & CulturePoetry
Carolyn Oliver
In the wind I lose the tumble of bone-white rocks down the hillside in summer
I say to thee, Goeth Cubs, Goeth!
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
An apparent overnight rapture has claimed most residents of the neighborhoods surrounding Wrigley Field.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Recreational marijuana could soon be legal in at least five states.
A police photographer takes pictures of bullet holes in a Des Moines, Iowa, police vehicle Nov. 2. Two police officers were shot and killed in separate attacks described as "ambush-style." (CNS photo/Brian Frank, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
"May all of us working together find the courage to move forward in a manner that brings peace to our beloved community," said Bishop Pates.
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
Clinton is supported by 51 percent of Catholic. Trump polled at just 40 percent.
La Palabra
Juan Luis Calderón
La resurrección es un acontecimiento que sucederá. Todos nosotros la experimentaremos. Ese es el proyecto de Dios. Creer en la resurrección es querer y desear vivir con Dios.
South African President Jacob Zuma is seen in Cape Town, South Africa, Feb. 12, 2015. (CNS photo/Pool via EPA)
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Anthony Egan, S.J.
Chaos and intransigence in the universities is matched by absurd criminal charges against a minister of finance who may only be doing his job too well.
(iStock photo)
FaithPhilosopher's Notebook
John J. Conley, S.J.
At a distance “Under-cover Boss” would seem to be yet another of the “gotcha” surveillance series in which employers and detectives root out dishonest or incompetent employees.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis told journalists, “How I would like a church which is poor and for the poor!”
FaithColumns
Helen M. Alvaré
Mary is known most as “mother,” while many women today are single longer or single mothers.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
You don’t earn heaven on earth—and you don’t earn it in purgatory either.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
French authorities’ move to shut down the camp put further pressure on the British government to accept more refugees, especially unaccompanied children.
N.C. Wyeth, 1907
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
The saints do not change God’s mind, but they do give us some insight into the mystery of God.
Amy Welborn (photo provided)
FaithIn All Things
Sean Salai
Finding faith after an unexpected death.
Faith
Judith Valente
“Lutherans and Catholics are on the way to greater unity," says Martin Marty.
Pope Francis greets people before celebrating Mass at the Swedbank Stadium in Malmo, Sweden, Nov. 1. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
There are 6 new beatitude for modern Christians.
Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Malmo, Sweden, to Rome Nov. 1. At left is Father Mauricio Rueda Beltz, papal trip planner; at right is Greg Burke, Vatican spokesman.(CNS photo/Paul Haring)
News
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Francis was asked, "Really? Never?" And he responded, "If one carefully reads the declaration of St. John Paul, it goes in that direction, yes."
FaithEditorials
The Editors
What can a nation or church do when its leaders mislead? Some political leaders take the “strong man” approach, using violence to win popular support and to distract from domestic problems.
Pope Francis greets people before celebrating Mass at the Swedbank Stadium in Malmo, Sweden, Nov. 1 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
FaithDispatches
David J. Michael
“I love Påven!” said an old Swedish Lutheran.