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Signs Of the Times
The Vatican praised a U.N. vote making Palestine a nonmember observer state but called for full recognition of Palestinian sovereignty as necessary for peace in the region.
Do the end-of-year readings really say that our world is fated to end in terror and panic?
This advent, look to John the Baptist as a model for Christian life today.
Film
The film 'Life of Pi' asks, 'Do we choose science or religion, atheism or faith?'
Books
Brendan Purcell explains why creation and evolution are both needed if we are to understand ourselves.
Signs Of the Times
There is a pile of unfinished business from 2012 and the nation’s looming “fiscal cliff” to step back from.
Signs Of the Times
A high-ranking Vatican official from China says he does not expect much to change in church-state relations with the new Chinese government.
Letters
No Catholic Blocs Re “The Work Ahead” (Editorial, 11/26): I would highly recommend this editorial except for one thing: It makes the nuns and bishops sound like their own polarizing political blocs, which unfortunately is how many Catholics in the United States have interpreted their st
Editorials
The Obama administration must urge Israel to halt settler expansion and guide it back to the negotiating table.
Faith in Focus
In the cold of a northern Advent, the image of an infant in the chill touches our hearts.
Film
Anyone with a desire to preserve our planet has no choice but to see Chasing Ice, the gorgeous, inventive documentary released last month. As of this writing it has been shown to selected audiences but has yet to reach the popularity of a film like “An Inconvenient Truth.” Give it time,
Books
Two new collections from Catholic poets have a mystical, almost sacramental quality
Signs Of the Times
Bishop-designate William Crean, appointed on Nov. 24 to Ireland’s Diocese of Cloyne, vowed he would make a priority of healing the pain caused by the sexual abuse scandal.
Signs Of the Times
Speaking on the day before World AIDS Day, Pope Benedict XVI called for special attention to those unable to afford life-saving H.I.V./AIDS drugs.
My sharpest memory from Cairo is what my driver said: 'Christ is testing us.'
