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Poetry
The Physics of Attention
Mary OConnor

First comes the sitting. You should be relaxed

Film
His Catholic Conscience: Sin and grace in the work of Martin Scorsese
Robert E. Lauder

Sin and grace in the work of Martin Scorsese

Out of Palestine: Solidarity with a displaced people
Elizabeth G. Burr
Solidarity with a displaced people
Signs Of the Times
Vatican Suit Dropped
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A federal court in Mississippi on Feb. 2 dismissed a 10-year-old lawsuit accusing the Vatican of complicity in a scheme to bilk insurance companies for more than $200 million.

Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Archbishop Murilo Krieger of Salvador, Brazil, is mediating a military police officer strike that has caused havoc and left at least 95 people dead in Bahia State. • The Irish government has decided to cut special grants to Irish families meant to cover the cost of first Communion and confirmat
Arts & CultureBooks
Youthful Indiscretions
Diane Scharper
Julian Barnes's new novel is a philosophical mystery that morphs into a morality tale.
Peer Pressure: A new Catholic wonders how to be pro-life.
Ronnie D. Rubit
A new Catholic wonders how to be pro-life.
Letters
Letters
A Terrible Irony Is Born In “The Ethical Traveler,” by Tim Padgett (1/30), there is a terrible irony. The author’s calls to abstain from condescension are themselves thoroughly condescending. His pedantic assertions fail to reach beyond the same tired narrative that everyone who ha
Theater
Stage Sister: My Saturday morning with Catherine of Siena
Mary Valle

My Saturday morning with Catherine of Siena

Signs Of the Times
Bishops Say No to Accommodation On Contraceptive Services
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The bishops now argue that an exemption should include any employer who finds the mandated coverage morally objectionable.

Editorials
A War Worth Fighting
The Editors
Poverty has been allowed to molder in America's cultural basement.
Signs Of the Times
Anti-Poverty Efforts Should Continue
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

“The economy is still leaving too many people without work,” wrote Bishop Stephen E. Blaire in a letter to Congress.

The Life of Palestinan Christians
Maurice Timothy Reidy
A slideshow of families and believers living in the West Bank
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Running alone helped me pray; running with a companion helped form friendships that endure to today.
Books
Non-Trivial Pursuits
Paul Wilkes
Sidney Callahan on the drama of human happiness
Faith in Focus
Children of God
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
Keeping kids Catholic
Columns
A Broken System
John J. DiIulio, Jr.
Our presidential selection process is a civic and moral train wreck.
Signs Of the Times
Carnage Continues in Homs
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

“We have seen escalating violence, brutal crackdowns and tremendous suffering by the Syrian people,” said U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

The Word
A Faith That Binds Us
Peter Feldmeier
Second Sunday of Lent (B), March 4, 2012
Signs Of the Times
Corruption Charges 'Unfounded'
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Vatican officials dismissed as baseless the accusations of “corruption and abuse of power” made by the archbishop who is now apostolic nuncio to the United States.