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Signs Of the Times
Church Awaits State OK to Respond to Ethnic Clash
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

India's Catholic Bishops are "deeply pained" by the "mindless violence" that has engulfed several districts in a northeastern Indian state.

Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Drew Christiansen
What is the spiritual meaning of America?
Signs Of the Times
Syrian Opposition Meet in Rome, Appeal for Cease-fire
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A call for reform and an end to violence on both sides.

Columns
An Imperfect Pilgrim
Margaret Silf
Grace seeps through the cracks in our defenses.
Poetry
Falling
James M. Keegan

It is no matter that you were carrying the heirloom platter

The Word
It’s All About Jesus
Peter Feldmeier
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Aug. 5, 2012
Letters
Letters
Labor’s Love Lost? As the editors note in “Union Sunset?” (Editorial, 7/2), there are reasons for concern about the future of organized labor, the failed recall of Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin being an important one. That will fuel an anti-union movement already under way that ig
Signs Of the Times
Ethnic Cleansing in South Kordofan?
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The government of Sudan has continued a campaign of indiscriminate bombing, harassment and starvation against the Nuba people in South Kordofan Province.

Books
Seeing with Feeling
Michael W. Higgins
Twelve essays on faith and academic life
Signs Of the Times
Prayer Interpreter Out
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A priest who was removed from his parish for improvising prayers during the celebration of Mass has now been suspended from all other priestly duties.

Ideas
A Crisis of Faith: What I discovered at the World Science Festival
Brian Konzman

What I discovered at the World Science Festival

Signs Of the Times
HHS Contraceptive Mandate Blocked for One Catholic-run Business
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A Colorado federal justice rules that the HHS requirement that even objecting employers must provide contraceptives free of charge to their employees has potential for violating religious freedom. 

Editorials
After the Fortnight
The Editors
The immediate impact of the Fortnight for Freedom remains unclear.
Signs Of the Times
'Balkanization' of the Congo Protested
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

"We have only one land, and we must protect her. So, we will march to say no to the balkanization of the country."

Saving Subsidiarity: Why it is not about small government
Vincent J. Miller
Why it is not about small government
Politics and the Pulpit: Are some bishops putting the church's tax exempt status at risk?
Nicholas P. Cafardi
Are some bishops putting the church's tax exempt status at risk?
Resources on Vatican II: A collection of our essays and our first e-book
Maurice Timothy Reidy
E BookOn the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, America is proud to republish a classic work of the Council as an e-book.The Documents of Vatican II, edited by Walter Abbott, S.J., and with comments from Protestant and Orthodox authorities, is now available on the Kindle, Nook and iPad.
Signs Of the Times
Lost Confidence
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Forty-four percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in “the church or organized religion” today.

Books
Out of Many, One
Diane Scharper
A searing tale about racial profiling following the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

In Potocari, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on July 11, the 17th anniversary of the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Serb forces at Srebrenica, the bodies of 520 recently identified victims were buried.