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From the far star points of his pinned extremities
Books
Remembering that God shapes us by great joy as much as by great sorrow.
Ideas
Mary Karr’s gritty stories of sin and salvation show us that grace is not always graceful.
How Catholic teaching can help shape the life of South Sudan
Signs Of the Times
" Poverty The American Dream: Out of Reach? Jon Proctor knows the road to self-sufficiency is a long one. It is even longer when the weekly paycheck totals a little more than $200. “We’re trying to get back on our feet,” the 55-year-old divorced father of six said, explaini
The surprisingly joyful theology of 1 Thessalonians
Signs Of the Times
A delegation of Christian and Muslim leaders hope that their visit to Iran will improve relations between the two squabbling countries.
From a political theory to an article of faith
Books
Gordon Wood insists on treating the American founders as figures of their own time.
Books
What political evil is, and how to combat it, are among the most urgent issues of our time.
Ideas
" Just Asking Re the Signs of the Times item “Church Membership Trends Downward” (9/12): Total births from 2000 to 2009 in the United States did not fall, but rose slightly during the first decade of the century to 4,131,019 from 4,058,814. But the statistics are not broken down accordin
Signs Of the Times
In 2010, 15.1 percent of Americans—46.2 million people, an all-time high—were living in poverty.
Of Many Things
Even under the best of circumstances, listening can be a painful sort of asceticism.
Signs Of the Times
The U.S. bishops have asked preists to address “the terrible toll the current economic turmoil is taking on families and communities.”
Signs Of the Times
Catholic Charities of New Orleans received $15 million to oversee an effort to provide direct assistance to Louisiana fishing families affected by the 2010 B.P. oil spill.
Letters
Just Asking Re the Signs of the Times item “Church Membership Trends Downward” (9/12): Total births from 2000 to 2009 in the United States did not fall, but rose slightly during the first decade of the century to 4,131,019 from 4,058,814. But the statistics are not broken down according
Books
The innermost core of the religious education problem is the why.