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In All Things
Dolan, MTV, and the "Chilling" New York Abortion Statistics
Kerry Weber
While the events surrounding this year rsquo s March for Life in Washington D C have provided encouragement and inspiration to many who oppose abortion recent statistics regarding abortion rates in New York City demonstrate that the pro-life cause still has a long way to go According to CNS 41
In All Things
Bullying Law Comes to Massachusetts
William Van Ornum
Massachusetts it is time for the anti-bullying law to be implemented and a writer in the Boston Globe hopes its implementation does not suffer the same fate as an anti-hazing law that was enacted after the 1984 death of a college student who died of acute alcohol poisoning after an enforced hazing
In All Things
Bishops Won't Support Health Care Repeal
Tim Reidy
Read the full story here in our online edition of Signs of the Times Others news covered this week how Catholic leaders helped boost support for the New Start treaty and a look at the controversy surrounding Mexican migrants who have been abuducted and killed on their way to the U S Tim Reidy n
In All Things
Pope: join Facebook, but love is offline
Austen Ivereigh
In the nineteenth century the Catholic Church got a reputation -- not always fairly -- for looking out on modernity from a fortress of medieval nostalgia fearing and despising what it did not always understand This was especially true of the embattled mid-nineteenth century papacy symbolized by
In All Things
Harry Forbes on 'The Company Men'
James Martin, S.J.
For anyone still having a hard time grasping the real-life effects of the economic downturn I can t imagine a better movie than The Company Men which I saw this weekend nbsp The film by ER s John Wells follows three men--well played by Ben Affleck Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Cooper--who lose
In All Things
March for Life 2011
Tim Reidy
If anyone is attending this year s march feel free to offer your reports here Some other resources this morning Michael Sean Winters posted from the Dems for Life booth pior to the march and you can track reports on Twitter marchforlife Also worthwhile this slideshow report on Jesuit prolife
In All Things
After Virginia Woolf
Tim Reidy
From Cuidad Nueva magazine courtesy Mirada Global a quick survey of 20th century women writers including some authors who may not be familiar to American readers our time gives us magnificent examples of women who have become famous writers of narrative poetry and drama Such is the case of
In All Things
Reynolds Price and Faith
James Martin, S.J.
When the great writer Reynolds Price died a few days ago most obituaries omitted mention of his deep faith nbsp Yet much of his writing in later life focused on his Christian belief and practice nbsp For me his most affecting treatment of that topic is in nbsp Letter to a Godchild in which nbs
Signs Of the Times
New Pressure From Israeli Hardliners
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Christians in the Holy Land face "two extremisms," said one observer: "the Muslim one.. and the Israeli right wing."

The Word
The Light of Hope
Barbara E. Reid
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Jan. 23, 2011
Signs Of the Times
Pakistan's Christians Keep Low Profile
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Christians and other minority groups have been warned to be on their guard in the wake of the killing of the governor of Punjab Province.

Editorials
Religious Freedom 2011
The Editors
Pope Benedict XVI's recent statement is the most extensive official treatment since Vatican II.
Signs Of the Times
How Many Migrants Have Been Killed?
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A new survey documents the problem of migrants being preyed up on as they travel to Mexico. Critics allege it undercounts the number of victims.

Accidental Pilgrims: The editors reflect on their travel experiences around the world.
The Editors
The editors reflect on their travel experiences around the world.
Signs Of the Times
New Campaign for Flood Victims

Brazil's bishops launched a campaign to aid victims of severe flooding that has left more than 500 people dead. 

Letters
Letters
‘Illegal’ Means Illegal Gregory Byrne’s “Class Act” (Faith in Focus, 11/29) commits several fallacies that will prevent us from coming together in rational discussion on immigration. He appeals primarily to emotion instead of backing up his position with facts. He emplo
Books
Free as a Bird Now
James T. Keane
Does Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" merit the hype?
Accidental Pilgrims II: Additional travel reflections from the editors
The Editors

In the January 24-31 issue of America, four editors recount spiritual encounters they experienced while traveling. Here we offer additional reflections from Maurice Timothy Reidy, Fr. Raymond Schroth and Kerry Weber.

Monks' Walls

The Word
Happiness Now
Barbara E. Reid
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Jan. 30, 2011
Signs Of the Times
Haiti's Recovery Continues
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The U.N. estimates that 810,000 people are still living in 1,150 camps in Haiti, just over half the peak of 1.5 million in July 2010.