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In All Things
John P. McCarthy Reviews 'War Horse'
James Martin, S.J.
Fans of Michael Morpurgo s popular book War Horse and the successful Broadway adaptation of the same name have been wondering how nbsp or whether director Steven Spielberg would translate the unique prose of the book it s narrated by a horse and the vision of the play the horses are nbsp play
In All Things
Full List of New Saints-to-Be
James Martin, S.J.
From Catholic News Service news of papal approval of upcoming canonizations and beatifications including two from the United States a Jesuit and a Jesuit colleague VATICAN CITY CNS -- Pope Benedict XVI advanced the sainthood causes of Blessed Marianne Cope of Molokai and Blessed Kateri Tekakwi
In All Things
Where Are the World's Christians?
Karen Sue Smith
ldquo Global Christianity A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World rsquo s Christian Population rdquo has just been published by the Pew Research Center rsquo s Forum on Religion amp Public Life The report locates Christian populations around the world and compares them with other re
In All Things
Occupy Wall Street Versus Trinity Wall Street?
Tom Beaudoin
As the media have reported the last few weeks there has been tension between many in Occupy Wall Street as well a good number of religious leaders in Occupy Faith NYC on the one hand and Trinity Wall Street on the other Trinity is a venerable Episcopal church at the end of Wall Street in lower
In All Things
The Governor's Conference on Extreme Climate Risks and California's Future
John A. Coleman
I finagled an invitation from Governor Jerry Brown we had known one another in high school and for the brief time he was a Jesuit seminarian to attend his by invitation only conference on extreme climate risks and California s future held Dec 15th at the Academy of Science San Francisco The
Books
Rocks of Ages
John W. OMalley
Ten sketches that begin with St. Peter and end with John Paul II.
Editorials
Raise Up the Lowly
The Editors
Christmas is intended for everyone, but it has a special relevance for the poor and oppressed.
Art
The Sacred Arts: A slideshow with commentary
Judith Dupre

A slideshow of images from the book Ars Sacra.

Letters
Letters
On Your Knees, Americans In “To the Ends of the Earth,” his review of the Rev. Robert Barron’s television film “Catholicism” (11/21), Maurice Timothy Reidy writes: “Yet in general the film fails to convey that the church is a living tradition, one that continues t
Signs Of the Times
Bishops, C.R.S. Challenge Pew Figures
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The disputed report claims that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spent $26.6 million in 2009 on advocacy and outreach.

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

The Rhode Island governor's decision “to avoid the word Christmas” in an invitation to a “holiday tree lighting” ceremony “is most disheartening and divisive,” said Bishop Thomas Tobin.

Signs Of the Times
Congo Election Results Raise 'Serious Questions'
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Kinshasa Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo challenges election results in Democratoc Republic of Congo.

Signs Of the Times
Bishops: No Such Thing As Safe Nuclear Power
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

There is no safe nuclear power despite a government’s assurance of safe nuclear energy, a visiting Japanese nuclear expert said in a lecture at the Catholic Center in Tokyo.

The Word
The Gift of God
Peter Feldmeier
Christmas is also about our birth in God.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Maurice Timothy Reidy
On the tyranny of lists
Columns
Christmas U-Turn
John J. DiIulio, Jr.
Not enough people had truly cared enough, me included.
Art
Everything is Illuminated: An inviting new book on the sacred arts
Judith Dupre

A new survey of Christian art and architecture in Europe from its beginnings in the catacombs to the present day.

Poetry
What Mary Knew
Angela Alaimo O'Donnell

That he was beautiful,

Signs Of the Times
Is Egypt the Next 'Iraq' For Christian Minorities?
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Hundreds of thousands of Coptic Christians have emigrated since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Signs Of the Times
Vatican: H.I.V./AIDS Treatment for All
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A Vatican official said that World AIDS Day is “a privileged moment to relaunch the fight against social prejudice.”