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Film
Kamaria B. Porter

Ostensibly a film about a cult, 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' feels eerily universal as it explores issues of family, belonging and identity.

Maryann Cusimano Love
Children’s e-books can be interactive tools that help younger children develop early reading skills. Mercer Mayer’s e-books, produced by the excellent Oceanhouse Media, help children associate words with pictures. I Just Forgot humorously recounts a child’s selective memory regardi
Signs Of the Times
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"The summons to disobedience has not only left many Catholics shaking their heads, but has also triggered alarm and sadness," the Austrian bishops said.

Editorials
The Editors
An attack on Iran now would at best only further isolate Israel and drag the United States right along with it.
Robert J. BirdsellMary Claire Ryan
An Arizona program proves a lifeline for Catholic education.
Letters
Tear It Down Re Bill Williams’s review of Julian Guthrie’s The Grace of Everyday Saints (11/7) about the fight to save St. Brigid’s church: I was married in St. Brigid’s 56 years ago, and I can state that it was not a thriving parish. Two friends of mine were among the very f
The Word
Peter Feldmeier
Second Sunday of Advent (B), Dec. 5, 2011
Signs Of the Times
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New research indicates that frequent churchgoers face the future with more optimism and greater social support than other people.

Film
Robert E. Lauder

'Saviors in the Night' captures the terror of the Holocaust without ever taking us to the concentration camps.

Of Many Things
John P. Schlegel, S.J.
Introducing America's new publisher
Signs Of the Times
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The high incidence of rape in Congo is destroying the nation’s society, said Sister Marie-Bernard Alima.

Columns
Thomas J. Massaro
I am grateful to the protesters for spurring our conscience.
Poetry
Linda Nemec Foster

Like a recurring dream,

Signs Of the Times
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A lengthy report opening the U.S. bishops' annual fall meeting painted a dour picture of the state of religious liberty in the United States.

Signs Of the Times
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Archbishop Silvano Tomasi focused on the responsibility to protect civilian populations from harmful weapons in an address on Nov. 14.

Current Comment
The Editors
Rights War?; A Vote for Civility; Unhappy Valley
Jean M. Lim
Chinese Catholics seek a home in Italy
Culture
Maryann Cusimano Love
From picture books to e-books for tablets and smart phones
The Word
Peter Feldmeier
Third Sunday of Advent (B), Dec. 11, 2011
Maurice Timothy Reidy
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