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Signs Of the Times
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Leaders of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt said a deadly attack against Christian worshipers was an act of political destabilization and a sign of the increasingly radical "Islamization" of the country.

 

Signs Of the Times
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A presumed miracle needed for the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II reportedly has reached the final stages of approval

Culture
Ann M. Begley
Somerset Maugham was of one of the most widely read writers of the 20th century.
Editorials
The Editors
With possible civil war looming in Sudan, the international community must work to protect the innocent.
William J. Byron
What exit interviews could teach us about lapsed Catholics
Film
John Anderson

We watch movies to see ourselves disguised as others, made better by others.

Maurice Timothy Reidy
Examples of the new texts
Signs Of the Times
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Mentally and physically disabled children and adults in Mexico continue to live in abusive and squalid conditions.

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Erwin Kräutler, a Catholic bishop, received the Right Livelihood Award  for his work defending the rights of indigenous people in Brazil.

The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God (A), Jan. 1, 2011
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Making African farmers reliant on proprietary, genetically modified seeds "stands out like a new form of slavery," said Cardinal Peter Turkson.

Books
Daniel J. Harrington
For decades Wilfrid Harrington has provided the best in contemporary biblical scholarship.
Signs Of the Times
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Many of the travelers were children whose mothers left Guatemala years ago to earn money to send back to their families.

Of Many Things
Kerry Weber
Despite losing his job of 24 years, my father remains optimistic and focused.
Columns
Thomas J. Massaro
The United States needs to dust off the moral compass it once employed.
Letters
Back to the Bronx Your current comment “The Bronx Eleven” (11/1) omitted one important consideration “in the confused context of how we deal with homosexuality.” This Jesuit-educated reader (Holy Cross and Fordham) believes that consideration is the most unfortunate attitude
The Good Word
John W. Martens
If it is true that God is the end to which we are all called the source from whom all life emerges and the goal for which we yearn and strain then it is so for all people The knowledge of God is not simply something which becomes known with the coming of Christ it was known before his coming and
The Good Word
John J. Kilgallen
The central point of the Magi story is clear gentiles treat Jesus as a king whereas all Jerusalem is greatly disturbed by news of a newly born King of the Jews the title currently held by Herod the Great as a gift from Rome nbsp One finds little openness to gentiles from Jesus in his publ
In All Things
Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Cambridge MA Austen Ivereigh rsquo s most recent blog very helpfully draws our attention to the Pope rsquo s New Year rsquo s Day - World Day of Peace ndash message Religious Freedom the Path to Peace just as he did a week ago to the Pope rsquo s BBC broadcast and its welcome message Given t
In All Things
Austen Ivereigh
The 1230 Mass today at London s Westminster Cathedral looked like any other But for the hint in the booklet for the feast of Mary Mother of God that after the homily would be a Rite of reception and confirmation there was nothing at all to indicate the significance of what was to happen The c