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Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Francis X. Hezel
Pacific Islanders or Americans, we all require an identity if we are to connect.
Signs Of the Times
Copts Confront New Reality
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Coptic leaders in Egypt were initially reluctant to support the spontaneous movement against Hodni Mubarak.

Columns
The Constitution, by Heart
Maryann Cusimano Love
Forming 'a more perfect union' is not an optional commitment.
Signs Of the Times
Flight From Abyei
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Violence in the contested Abyei region of Sudan threatens to derail talks leading to the birth of Africa’s newest country.

Letters
Letters
The ‘Real’ Drinan If I understand Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. (“Career Interrupted,” 3/7), he prefers that the late Congressman Robert F. Drinan, S.J., be remembered as a champion of many worthy causes and one whose storied political career was cut short by the Vatican and pro-l
The Word
Unlikely Leaders
Barbara E. Reid
Fourth Sunday of Lent (A), April 3, 2011
Books
The Golden Rules
Thomas J. Massaro
From Karen Armstrong, a case for compassion
Faith in Focus
Good Counsel: Six lessons for the younger set
Francis X. Hezel
Six lessons for the younger set
Television
The Fire Last Time: The lessons of the Triangle Shirtwaist catastrophe
Clayton Sinyai

“People forget the Triangle fire at their peril,” observes one labor historian.

Current Comment
Current Comment
The Editors
Blame Enough; Philadelphia's Shame; No More Death Penalty
Signs Of the Times
Maronite Catholics Elect New Patriarch
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Church bells rang and horns blasted in Lebanon to honor Bishop Bechara Rai of Jbeil.

Nursing Shift: The ethics of recruiting foreign health care workers
Gary L. Chamberlain
The ethics of recruiting foreign health care workers
Signs Of the Times
News Briefs
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Bishop John H. Ricard, S.S.J., 71, of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., is retiring because of health concerns.

Books
A Doomed Love
Tom Deignan
John Millington Synge is a troubled lover in Joseph O'Connor's 'Ghost Light'
Poetry
Jersey City Memorial

He slumps back

Film
Master Plan: The flawed theology of 'The Adjustment Bureau'
Robert Barron

'The Adjustment Bureau' is one of the most explicitly theological films of the last 25 years.

Signs Of the Times
Church Offers Hope Amid Tsunami Devastation
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Numerous Catholic volunteers have come forward in the wake of the disaster to assist with the outreach of Caritas Japan.

Editorials
The Lessons of Libya
The Editors
Whether Slobodan Milosevic or Saddam Hussein, the international community is well acquainted with the cunning of despots.
Signs Of the Times
Cloud Over Efforts to End Abuse
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Are dioceses following the “spirit and the letter” of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People”?

A Recurring Vision: The present-day significance of St. Teresa's mysticism
Allen Hubbard, Jr.
The present-day significance of St. Teresa's mysticism