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Signs Of the Times
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The Vatican has voiced concern over the loss of life in Libya, the targeting of peaceful protesters and “the indiscriminate use of force.”

Letters
I Fear You Are Wrong I welcome your editorial “Laity Near the Top?” (2/21), but I fear that as long as we have the celibate hierarchy in Rome calling all the shots, it will never lead to anything positive. The beautiful sayings you quote from Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are c
Editorials
The Editors
In this fragile recovery, the nation's budget needs to achieve the right mix of cuts and investments.
Signs Of the Times
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Why has the secretary general of Caritas Internationalis been prevented from applying for a second term of office?

Signs Of the Times
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Southern Africa’s bishops warned elections would be “dangerously premature” if held this year.

Terrence Berg
Belief and the bench
Books
Michael Sean Winters
Jill Lepore unleashes her wealth of learning on the Tea Partys self-identity.
Of Many Things
Drew Christiansen
There are special delights in miniatures.
Columns
Margaret Silf
Begin each day by asking for the grace to be a 'letter from Christ.'
Television
Jake Martin

Four sitcoms meet the gold standard for comedy and offer a respite from TV's barrage of criminal drama.

Signs Of the Times
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“There is a better understanding of religion in Cuba,” said the archbishop of Santiago, Cuba. “But it’s not easy; it is a process.”

Books
Carol Nackenoff
Justice Stephen Breyer writes as a liberal champion of judicial restraint.
Signs Of the Times
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Bishop Bernard Fellay of the Society of St. Pius X said that reconciliation talks would soon end with little change in the views of either side.

Kevin Clarke
Who will protect the women of Congo?
Current Comment
The Editors
Union Busting; Signs of Something Greater; A Dirty Word
Arts & CultureFaith
Peter A. Quinn
'Peter's faith--and lack thereof--helps guide my writing and my life.'
In All Things
Valerie Schultz
The question that needs answering is this Can a person be a practicing Catholic and a member of PFLAG More exactly can a person be a practicing Catholic and the head of the PFLAG publicity committee Or do the two organizations contradict each other rsquo s missions to the point that my head migh
In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan a horrifying disaster that unfolded before our eyes on television and the Internet not only wrenched the hearts of every compassionate person but also raised for the believer an age-old question Why do we suffer That immense question or the problem of evil
In All Things
Tim Reidy
From Mirada Global an interview with Ricardo Seitenfus Representative of the Organization of American States Mission to Haiti There are 10 thousand Blue Berets in Haiti Is this productive The system within the UN system is not adapted to the Haitian context Haiti is not an international threat