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Film
Karen Sue Smith

Although partly a biographical film about a world leader, 'The Iron Lady' is first the story of a woman.

Columns
Margaret Silf
The spirit of the Gospel is a spirit of attraction, not coercion.
Poetry
Leonard J. Cirino

The moon rises late, long before I dream.

John F. KavanaughGerald W. SchlabachMargaret PfeilThomas J. Massaro
Suggestions for action and reflection during Lent
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The divide between the administration and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in this renewed culture war is deep.

Signs Of the Times
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Cardinal Roger Mahony hopes that today’s young people will bring about a change in immigration policy.

The Word
Peter Feldmeier
First Sunday of Lent (B), Feb. 26, 2012
Current Comment
The Editors
Wheels of Justice; Doubt at Davos; Just Posted
Books
Peggy Rosenthal
A new volume from one of America's most revered poets
Patricia Wittberg
Fewer young women are practicing their faith: How the church can woo them back
Letters
Getting Rich by Being Good As one who has participated in socially responsible investing for a number of years, I was initially very interested, but ultimately disappointed in Thomas Healey’s “Good Returns” (1/16). While anyone rightly hopes to earn a reasonable return on a financi
Signs Of the Times
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After the new cardinals are created, all the “princes of the church” are scheduled to vote on the canonization of several new saints.

Signs Of the Times
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President Nicolas Sarkozy of France rejected calls for secular values to be enshrined in his country’s constitution.

Film
Victor Stepien

Is the Material Girl chasing artistic gravitas with her new film 'W.E.'?

Editorials
The Editors
Sometimes the public can be shaken by a story so egregious that it shocks anyone with a moral sense.
Books
Karen Sue Smith
The life of Caravaggio is as starkly dramatic as the paintings he made.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jordan Denari Duffner
Our conversations, especially those about the nature of God and our relationship with God, led me to an understanding of the similarities between Islam and Catholicism. Our smiles grew wide when the words of biblical and Koranic stories about Abraham matched up almost perfectly.
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
What rsquo s up with Rick Santorum The uber-Catholic former Pennsylvania senator is not one to shy away from injecting his faith into the public realm but some comments over the past few days reveal an odd sort of religious Manichaeism On one side are those who subscribe to his very particular u
In All Things
Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Cambridge MA Several blogs ago I promised that I would say something about recent events at CSWR the Center for the Study of World Religions which I direct and Harvard during Interfaith Week and the days around it As I suggested in that previous blog most of our events were not directly conn
In All Things
Clayton Sinyai
nbsp American Catholics most studies suggest give significantly less to charity than our Protestant and for that matter Mormon nbsp counterparts If their 2010 tax returns are any guide it seems this nbsp holds true in the subset of Americans running for president as well nbsp Protestant Ba