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Art
A Fragile Peace: The hard-won art of Ferdinand Hodler
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.

The hard-won art of Ferdinand Hodler

Signs Of the Times
Presidential Prayers
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

In a message of congratulations to President Barack Obama, Pope Benedict XVI assured him of his prayers “that God might assist him in his very great responsibility.”

Editorials
The Work Ahead
The Editors
The sad fact is that Catholics can be just as divisive as the rest of our fellow citizens.
Poetry
Crow Koan
Vincent J. Cleary

Jet-black flyer, wintry clime,

FaithFaith in Focus
The joy of the Visitation
James Martin, S.J.
Mary is not happy simply for herself; she is happy for what this means for Israel, for God’s people.
Books
Bring Back Keynes
Cecilio Morales
Paul Krugman on our "gratuitous" recession
Signs Of the Times
Bibi and Barack: Can This Relationship Be Saved?
Kevin Clarke

The Israeli prime minister was among the first to call the president after his victory.

The Word
People, Look East
Peter Feldmeier
The Book of Baruch is a beautifully poetic biblical text that takes us back to the period of the Exile a time of darkness for Israel They are a broken people far from their homeland which was ravaged by the Babylonians Just before our reading desolate Jerusalem speaks as a mother to her lost c
Signs Of the Times
Welcome the Migrant
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The treatment of immigrants in the United States violates the biblical and ethical norms that God requires of his people.

Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The new archbishop of Canterbury is Justin Welby, 56, a former oil executive who “was unable to get away from a sense of God calling.’

Columns
Poll Vault
John J. DiIulio, Jr.
Latino Catholics are America's demographic and democratic future.
Current Comment
Current Comment
The Editors
Who Cares? Tracking Bigotry; Demographic Detonation
Letters
Letters
Lip Service In “A Prayer for Malala” (11/5), the editors write, “The church has repeatedly promoted the full and equal dignity of women, and by extension girls, in a world where many societies are hostile to that notion.” I wish I could believe that statement, but I do not.
Film
Abe, Honestly: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
John Anderson
Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' is a canonization fer sure, as Abe might say.
Books
In Whose Image?
Alex Mikulich
Jesus and race in America
Signs Of the Times
The Church and Climate Change
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The link between respecting the environment and the sacramental life of the church is inseparable for one bishop in the South Pacific.

Signs Of the Times
Vatican Delegation to Syria Canceled
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Deteriorating conditions in Syria prompted Pope Benedict XVI to cancel a planned visit by a delegation of cardinals and bishops.

Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
When Ann Coulter (almost) came to Fordham
Faith in Focus
Never Too Late: Seeking reconciliation 150 years after the Dakota Uprising
Susan Windley-Daoust
Seeking reconciliation 150 years after the Dakota Uprising
'We Are Dying Here': An eyewitness account of the Syrian refugee crisis
Daniel G. Groody
An eyewitness account of the Syrian refugee crisis