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Mark Rylance as King Richard III
Theater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
The Bard’s many incarnations
Boy displaced by conflict peers through fence in contested Sudanese border region. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
As fighting continued in Juba, the capital city of South Sudan, and spread to other Sudanese cities, Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian leaders urged reconciliation and offered to serve as mediators in the conflict. Thousands have fled to the presumed safety of U.N. compounds after street fighting
Arts & CultureColumns
James T. Keane
And I say to my people’s masters, Beware/ Beware of the thing that is coming, beware of the risen people/ Who shall take what ye would not give.
Archbishop Louis Sako of Baghdad, patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, spoke Dec. 14 in Rome about the status of Christians in the Middle East. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Fighting in the Middle East creates openings for extremist and threatens tolerance of Christians.
Faith
Meghan J. ClarkDrew ChristiansenRobert P. ImbelliAmanda C. Osheim
The Dignity of the Vulnerable By Meghan J. Clarke‘The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges” (No. 218). In a simple sentence, Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine: human dignity
SNOWFLAKES: A winter scene over a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., on the first anniversary of the massacre there.
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Grass-roots groups have turned their efforts to state legislatures.
In All Things
Valerie Schultz
In another example of a so-called first world problem Christmas has apparently become a source of stress ldquo Are you already OVERWHELMED by the holidays rdquo asks my credit union rsquo s website while marketing a low-interest loan that would probably only add to my stress level in the New Ye
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Los recuerdos de Navidad son memorias remarcables que se recuerdan fácilmente. Algunas cosas de nuestra niñez que recordamos cada año.
Providence Hospital in Washington is part of the Ascension Health network
News
Catholic News Service
Report claims women's reproductive health limited by Catholic hospitals.
The Editors
Following the lead of our friends at The Jesuit Post, the editors offer a playlist of their favorite Christmas songs.
Judi Dench and Steve Coogan star in a scene from the movie "Philomena." (CNS photo/Weinstein)
In All Things
Margot Patterson
It’s a rare movie today that examines what it means to be a Christian.
The Good Word
John W. Martens
Christian acceptance of gays and lesbians has a lot to do with how one reads the Bible.
Plato, wondering why Harvard students don't major in the humanities. (Courtesy of Wikimedia.)
The Ignatian Educator
Matt Emerson
Why are fewer students studying history, literature, philosophy, languages and the arts?
News
Catholic News Service
Bishops press for a budget that does not adversely affect poor people.
News
Kevin Clarke
In 2013 the use of the death penalty continued its steady decline by almost every measure, according to a report released today by the Death Penalty Information Center. Executions in the United States dropped by about 10 percent from 2012, from 43 to 39, “marking only the second time in the pa
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Children look ahead. Little hearts don’t stop hoping; they nurse it like hard candy.
News
Catholic News Service
The snowstorms and torrential rain that battered the Mideast in mid-December threatened to make this Christmas season an especially difficult one for Christians in Gaza.Matthew McGarry, Catholic Relief Services' country representative, described the situation as "quite bad.""There
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Journalists like political upsets; voters rarely accommodate them.
In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Whence the lack of business knowledge among otherwise smart and talented men and women?