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A new human-like specie named Homo "naledi" has been discovered in South Africa
Dispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
The discovery will, researchers claim, change our ideas about early human ancestors.
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
Sandra Hayes of Santa Clara University describes the changing admissions landscape
Families gather for Easter Mass at St. John by the Sea Church in Klawock on Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska, April 19, 2014. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
News
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
"Churches, parishes, institutions with closed doors must not call themselves a church; they must call themselves museums," he said.
News
Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
Since hundreds of olive trees were uprooted to make room for a separation barrier through the Cremisan Valley adjacent to this largely Christian village, Father Aktham Hijazin, Annunciation Parish priest, has been celebrating Mass daily behind red-and-white police tape.
Auxiliary Bishops Joseph V. Brennan, Robert E. Barron and David G. O'Connell, pray during their Sept. 8 episcopal ordination at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. (CNS photo/John Rueda, The Tidings)
News
J.D. Long-Garcia - Catholic News Service
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez ordained Bishops Robert E. Barron, Joseph V. Brennan and David G. O'Connell to the episcopacy Sept. 8 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
The Good Word
John W. Martens
Religious integrity calls on Kim Davis to heed her own conscience, but not dictate the conscience of others.
South Africa's first martyr, Benedict Daswa
FaithDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Benedict Daswa was brutally murdered for refusing to participate in witchcraft just nine days before the release of Nelson Mandela on Feb. 2, 1990.
Are we finally past the Summer of Trump?
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Will second Republican presidential debate signal the end of the Summer of Trump?
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
“You are the light of the world. But always remember the light you hold is not your own."
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
$1.5 billion went to academics, financial aid, Catholic formation programs and more
The Word
John W. Martens
"Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit on them!" (Nm 11:29)
Books
Todd A. Salzman
'Beyond the Abortion Wars,' by Charles C. Camosy
Books
Nathaniel Peters
'Music at Midnight,' by John Drury
Books
Nicholas Clifford
'Frog,' by Mo Yan
HUMANE TOUCH. Pope Francis with people of Banado Norte, a poor neighborhood in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12.
Stephen P. White
Why we need a church that is poor and for the poor
Editorials
The Editors
International news in recent months has brought a steady stream of stories about migrants and refugees—their struggles to reach safety in Europe and their struggles after they get there. They leave their homes out of fear for their lives or at least in the hope of providing a future for their
Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
This week-long journey takes him first to Cuba and then to the United States and is widely considered “the big one” of the year.
Of Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
Iraqi sister testifies before Foreign Affairs Committee on plight of Middle East Christians
BEAUTY IN DESOLATION. Detroit skyline from the Ambassador Bridge.
David E. Nantais
Detroit, like many large cities, has an overabundance of burned out buildings and homes, overgrown vacant lots and desolate landscapes. In the midst of these sad sights, however, it is possible to locate suppleness and beauty.
The Living Word
M. Shawn Copeland
The divine affirmation of flesh invests the body with honor, exuberance and grace.