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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

The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), Jan. 16, 2011
Film
Karen Sue Smith

Charles Ferguson’s "Inside Job" deserves to be seen by the widest possible audience.

Of Many Things
Kerry Weber
Despite losing his job of 24 years, my father remains optimistic and focused.
Books
Daniel J. Harrington
For decades Wilfrid Harrington has provided the best in contemporary biblical scholarship.
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
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.

Signs Of the Times
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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.

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

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.

The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God (A), Jan. 1, 2011
Film
John Anderson

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

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
In All Things
Austen Ivereigh
Pope Benedict s message for today s World Day of Peace text here is a powerful and succint argument for religious freedom as the foundation of all other human rights and freedoms It s not an academic matter Mounting violence against Christians in the Middle East -- the Pope begins with the massa
In All Things
Austen Ivereigh
The Vatican Observatory astronomer and columnist Br Guy Consolmagno SJ has a fascinating piece at the UK Jesuit e-journal Thinking Faith about the star which the Magi followed Is there an astronomical explanation Consolmagno s science makes him sceptical of Matthew s account but his theology make