Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options

In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Some very unfestive findings over at USA Today Come-all-ye-partiers trumps nbsp OCome All Ye Faithful nbsp for more than one in three people asked about their Christmas activities in a survey by LifeWay Research a Nashville-based Christian research organization A lot of Americans celebrate Chri
FaithFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
What is it about the Annunciation that is so captivating? Here's a meditation on how the story of Gabriel's visit to Mary can help us in our own relationship with God .
In All Things
I know that the majority of those reading this are for many good reasons not thinking of becoming priests They are already married would not be happy without a spouse children and grandchildren are too old turned off on the church and its leadership because of recent scandals reject t
Current Comment
The Editors
Welcome to the Cafeteria; Retrieving Stolen Art; Out of the Woods?
Faith in Focus
B. G. Kelley
A lesson in flowers
Books
Peter Heinegg
With its wild wordplay and serious ideas, Salman Rushie's latest work of fantasy is hardly tween-lit.
Film
Maurice Timothy Reidy

'Black Swan': horror movie, camp classic or balletomane's dream?

Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The decrease in the number of Catholics in the House of Representatives will not be as great as expected because of the election of 33 new Catholic Republicans.

Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The Pax Christi International Peace Award for 2010 was given on Dec. 8 to Louis Sako,the Chaldean archbishop of Kirkuk, Iraq.

Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

The Senate's inability to overcome a threatened filibuster Dec. 18 scuttled passage of the DREAM Act.

Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

For the first time in years, shop owners and tourist industry workers in the birthplace of Christ are optimistic and have confidence in the economy. For most, 2010 was the best year for business in a decade

Letters
The Loneliness of All Saints Robert Ellsberg’s “Dorothy in Love” (11/15) reminded me of a day in high school in the 1950s when a teacher talked about Dorothy Day in the Newman Club. We visited her New York office. I have been an admirer of this remarkable laywoman ever since. These
Editorials
The Editors
How can we who belong to the body of Christ extend the grace of the Incarnation?
Poetry
James S. Torrens, S.J.

She’s absorbed in the gift she holds,

Art
James Martin, S.J.

A meditation on Marko Rupnik's mosaics at Sacred Heart University chapel in Connecticut.

The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Holy Family (A), Dec. 26, 2010
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

“We’re batting a thousand” on the issues that the bishops have been supporting in recent months, said Kathy Saile.

Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A Canadian official has fired back at the country's bishops after they criticized his recently introduced bill against human smuggling.

Signs Of the Times
Kyle T. Kramer
Growing up, I had many evangelical friends who were preoccupied with an imminent Second Coming of Christ. I could never get on board with this apocalyptic worldview—I think I worried too much about experiencing a frightening moment, when I realized that the truly faithful had been raptured awa
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

In response to the "unimaginable" scandal of clerical sex abuse against minors, the church must do everything possible to rectify the injustices suffered by victims of sex abuse.