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FaithIn All Things
St. Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit hero
James Martin, S.J.
Every Jesuit saint was a member of the Society of Jesus, lived vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in community; and were formed by the Spiritual Exercises. But even with those important commonalities, no one was alike.
In All Things
Church in MN gears up for marriage fight
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The Minnesota Independent reports on the most recent efforts of the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis to lend Catholic support to a ballot initiative that would constitutionally ban same-sex marriage in that state Archbishop John Nienstedt sent a letter to every priest in the state at the sta
Raised on Faith: My adult children are kind, smart and justice-oriented. But they are not practicing Catholics.
Valerie Schultz
My adult children are kind, smart and justice-oriented. But they are not practicing Catholics.
Letters
Letters
Let It Rock! Thank you for Kerry Weber’s article on Christian Rock, “Show a Little Faith” (9/26). Last August I was celebrating Mass at an out-of-town church. I was ambivalent about its Christian Rock choir. I understood its roots in the folk Masses of the 1970s, amped up with adde
Books
Beatifications
Peggy Rosenthal
Angela ODonnells new collection of poems is a lives of the saintsof a sort.
Art
A Family Man: The pastel portraits of Stanislaw Wyspianski
Karen Sue Smith

The Polish artist Stanislaw Wyspianski was grounded in the private, personal world of family.

Signs Of the Times
Multicultural Society Creates a New Reality
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

France’s Catholic bishops have urged citizens to accept the fact that their country is no longer culturally homogeneous.

Signs Of the Times
Elections in Egypt
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Commenting on elections planned for Nov. 28, the Coptic bishop of Luxor said that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood were among the most organized political groups.

Editorials
Let Others Lead
The Editors
The U.S. government no longer serves as the world's negotiator in chief.
Just Parenting: Raising children in the Christian Family Movement
Richard K. Cross
Raising children in the Christian Family Movement
Books
The Scientific Mysteries
Jim Conlon
A fresh and dynamic integration of the Catholic tradition and the amazing insights of science.
Signs Of the Times
New Deportation Policy Endorsed
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Archbishop José H. Gómez applauded the recent government announcement that prosecutorial discretion would be exercised on “low-priority” deportation cases.

The Word
Love Says It All
Barbara E. Reid
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Oct. 23, 2011
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Maurice Timothy Reidy
My wife and I were deeply gratified by the adoption process, which we found to be profoundly pro-life.
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Somali children are the victims most affected by the food crisis in the Horn of Africa.

Columns
The Unkindest Cuts
Thomas J. Massaro
Budget deals that favor spending cuts add to the problem.
Faith in Focus
A Mother's Blessing
Sara McGinnis Lee
Many of the moments of motherhood are hard to survive, let alone treasure.
Books
Ritual and Myth
Pheme Perkins
Robert Bellah has shaped the way in which we think of the roles of religion in modern society.
Signs Of the Times
'Faithful Citizenship' Reissued Without Major Changes
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The statement does include a new introduction warning that the document “has at times been misused to present an incomplete or distorted view of the demands of faith in politics.”

Signs Of the Times
Broader Exemption Demanded
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Eighteen Catholic colleges asked the Obama administration to broaden the religious exemption offered within new guidelines on women’s health.