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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Gianluigi Nuzzi, the Italian journalist who published documents stolen from Pope Benedict XVI's private office by his butler, has a new book out based on more leaked documents. "Merchants in the Temple: Inside Pope Francis's Secret Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican," was scheduled for release in English Nov. 5.
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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the spokesman, issued a statement on Nov. 4 about the investigations involving the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. The office, known by its Italian acronym APSA, handles the Vatican's investment portfolio and its real estate holdings.
The Word
John W. Martens
How does Jesus’ kingship comfort you when you think of political and other disputes in our own day?
Books
Patrick Whelan
'Doctors Without Borders,' by Renée Fox
Books
Daniel R. DiLeo
'Abounding in Kindness,' by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Philip Metres
Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth...
Letters
Our readers
Place of PrivilegeRe “Breathing Space,” by Alex Mikulich (10/26): Thank you for this very powerful article. As an African-American woman who has taught in Jesuit schools for 14 years, I appreciate Mr. Mikulich’s acknowledgment of white privilege in Jesuit institutions. Many Jesuit
Pope Francis arrives to Independence Mall in Philadelphia Sept. 26. In a talk there he spoke about immigration and religious freedom to an estimated crowd of 50,000. (CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review)
Editorials
The Editors
What can we do with this energy and interest in the Catholic Church?
Woman holds Cuban flag near Havana's apostolic nunciature Sept. 19. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Signs Of the Times
Tim Padgett
It was one of the more absurd moments of America’s Cuba policy.In 2011, as the Communist island began drilling for what may be billions of barrels of oil off its northern coast, a legitimate fear gripped the United States. That was the specter of an oil spill, a BP-style disaster choking the F
Faith in Focus
Rick Dixon
“Never can a free person conceive of what a book means to a person in hiding.” -Anne Frank
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Catholic bishops from five continents issued a challenge to U.N. delegates who will meet in Paris in December to discuss the international framework on climate change, calling for “a just and legally binding climate agreement” to emerge from the negotiations. The bishops and cardinals is
Signs Of the Times
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Sarah Torre, an analyst for the Heritage Foundation, reported at a discussion in Washington on Oct. 30 that the number of cancer screenings conducted at Planned Parenthood affiliates had declined by half over the last 10 years, while the number of abortions climbed from 250,000 to 327,000. • On
Signs Of the Times
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China’s government, after enforcing a one-child policy since 1980 to combat a population that appeared to be growing out of control, announced on Oct. 29 that it will now allow families to have a total of two children. The policy has caused significant demographic issues—there are 116 to
AFTERMATH. Survivors sift through the rubble of a destroyed field hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma on the outskirts of Damascus, on Oct. 29.
Signs Of the Times
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Syriac Catholic bishops, meeting in Lebanon during their annual synod, called for a diplomatic solution to achieve peace in Syria and Iraq. In a statement released at the conclusion of the assembly, the bishops pleaded for an end to the civil war in Syria, now in its fifth year, and urged countries&
Of Many Things
James Martin, S.J.
George W. Hunt, S.J., was a brilliant writer whose sparkling prose never disappointed.
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Philip Metres
In our global digital age, what can poetry and the arts do?
Arts & CulturePoetry
Philip Metres
O unnamed & only son too soon slipped from tender clutch of unripe body
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Pope Francis had strong words on Oct. 30 for Catholic priests and bishops who “defamed” the assassinated archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Romero. Going off script during a meeting with 500 pilgrims from El Salvador, Pope Francis said, “The martyrdom of Archbishop Romero was not fu
Philosopher's Notebook
John J. Conley, S.J.
With dramatic flair, the church in November urges us to pray for the dead as nature undergoes its annual decline.