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In All Things
In Guatemala, An Apology for Torture
Tim Reidy
From Envio magazine via Mirada Global In the morning of the 15th of May 1984 young Carlos Cuevas Molina was riding his motorbike to the historical center of Guatemala City when he was intercepted by two cars driving against the traffic Witnesses who recorded the license plates numbers saw how his
Editorials
The War Next Door
The Editors
For Mexico to prosecute its drug war successfully, policy across the border has to change.
Signs Of the Times
Church Reviews Mining Impact on Land, Poor
Mary Durran - Catholic News Service

Latin America bishops call on northern countries to value the rich Latin American biodiversity that is threatened by extractive industries.

Faith in Focus
Staying Power: What keeps women in the church?
Cynthia Reville Peabody
What keeps women in the church?
Signs Of the Times
DREAM Act Supporters Plan Sept. Sabbath
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Faith leaders say they will devote time during or after worship services to explaining the legislation.

Books
Getting to One
John Borelli
'Ut Unum Sint' and the prospects of uniting the Eastern and Western churches
The Word
Surprised by Joy
Barbara E. Reid
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 24, 2011
Television
Chicken Little Gets Her Gun: TNTs 'Falling Skies'
Terrance Klein

Catch a glimpse of America’s ballistic soul on 'Falling Skies,' the popular new sci-fi series on TNT.

Signs Of the Times
Children Casualties in Libya
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

One 15-year-old had grown so accustomed to the war raging around him that he lost his fear of the ordnance scattered on the ground in his neighborhood.

Of Many Things
Of Many Things
For 35 years I have come to this Jesuit villa to think, pray, read and write.
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Pope Benedict opened a new Vatican Internet news portal with the first-ever papal tweet on June 28.

Columns
Which World Do We See?
Maryann Cusimano Love
Is life nasty, brutish and short, or are peace and love possible?
Signs Of the Times
Bishops Calls for Support of Democracy Movement
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Tunisia's tiny Catholic community prays for the country's transition to democracy and hopes that the nation will embrace full religious freedom.

Letters
Letters
Facts About Drinking The editorial “How Old Is Old Enough?” (5/30) ignored the facts on why lowering the drinking age is a dangerous and irresponsible proposal. Moving the age to 18 is popular with lawyers seeking to reduce college liability for the more than 1,800 deaths, 100,000 rapes
Books
Dear New Yorker
Kelly Cherry
Elizabeth Bishop 1911-79 was a poet laureate then called ldquo consultant in poetry rdquo of the United States a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award and for 17 years a resident of Brazil which allowed her to keep her distance from the ldquo lit biz rdquo while staying in
The Word
No More Hunger
Barbara E. Reid
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), July 31, 2011
Ideas
From Pages to Pixels: Will texts and tweets replace reading?
Jon M. Sweeney

As we tweet and hyperlink, can we sustain the concentration required for real discovery?

Signs Of the Times
Electoral Tribunal Sanctions Mexico City Archdiocese

The archdiocese has urged Catholics not to vote for political parties that promote liberalized abortion laws and same-sex marriage.

Signs Of the Times
Burma: Conflict Creates New Refugees
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A source from the Catholic Diocese of Banmaw claimed that the Burmese government “does nothing to help civilian refugees."

Current Comment
Current Comment
The Editors
Acting in Good Faith; Lasting Institutions; A Men's World