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In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Two articles in the New York Times today will be of interest to Catholics nbsp The first on the front page by Laurie Goodstein focuses on the new Mass translations and provides a concise summary of nbsp the events leading up to Rome s approval of the changes nbsp Her article includes comment
In All Things
Tim Reidy
From Mensaje via Mirada Global a look at the crises facing the church from a Latin American perspective The Church is facing a crisis Pope Benedict XVI has said it in relation to the European Church Our own bishops in turn are concerned with Latin American Catholicism We are deeply worried
In All Things
William Van Ornum
Grief not shared or acknowledged by others can be the hardest to bear Christopher Pramuk s A Hidden Sorrow Praying through Reproductive Loss brings to the Christian Community s awareness the piercing sadness of stillbirth or of infants who day shortly after being born Although the support of Go
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Today s New York Times includes a full-page ad from Bill Donohue president of the Catholic League Donohue addresses the ongoing clergy sex abuse scandal and blames gay men and a hostile media for distorting the truth and attacking the church The full text of the ad a letter from Donohue entitle
In All Things
Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Cambridge MA I am just returned from Seoul South Korea where I spend the last 9 days I was there for the Second East-West Theological Forum hosted at Ewha Women s University This forum is intended to bring together Western and Korean theologians as colleagues for extended theological conversa
Signs Of the Times
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"There is no more important issue that will define the U.S.-Mexico future relationship than getting immigration reform right,” said Mexico’s ambassador.

Of Many Things
Karen Sue Smith
A salute to snow
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Parishioners of Kita Sendai Catholic Church have been busy delivering food aid to victims of the deadly quake and tsunami.

Columns
Kyle T. Kramer
The most elegant ways of growing food mimic natural ecosystems.
Poetry
Sister Lou Ella Hickman

i knew exactly what he meant

Books
J-Glenn Murray
A history of the musical theater, reviewed
Signs Of the Times
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Faith communities stood with working people and civil rights during the commemoration of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Current Comment
The Editors
Retirement at 40; Take Him Out!; Unkind Cuts
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“A sin against the patrimony of the human race,” is how Robert Taft, S.J., described the condition of a collection of Eastern Christian manuscripts.

Television
Jake Martin

The women of Showtime's 'Nurse Jackie,' 'Weeds' and 'The United States of Tara'

Rabbi Daniel F. Polish
What Christians should know about Jewish identity
Letters
Wringing Hands Maryann Cusimano Love’s “The Constitution, by Heart” (3/28) clearly defines what is wrong with our country today. One political party, pretending to be fiscally and socially conservative, proposes a budget that cuts social services upon which so many of our poorest c
Books
Constance M. McGovern
Edmund Morris astounds even the inveterate Theodore Roosevelt aficionado.
Signs Of the Times
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The ouster of Muammar el-Qaddafi appears to have become the accepted outcome of the international campaign in Libya.