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Drew Christiansen
Hymn to Matter” may be one of the oddest-seeming prayers ever penned by a priest. Christians pray to God, to the saints, to the angels perhaps, and sometimes to deceased loved ones. But a hymn to matter? To atoms and rocks, gases and plasma, minerals and stardust? It sounds like idolatry, and
Culture
Maryann Cusimano Love
A roundup up children's books for the Christmas season
Art
Judith Dupre

How the story of a simple young woman from Nazareth has influenced the Christian imagination.

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

Eight bishops in communion with Pope Benedict XVI laid their hands on Father Guo, whose ordination was illicit in the eyes of the church.

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

The Christian community was outraged by the acquittal on of a rich Muslim man accused of murdering a young Christian girl.

The Word
Barbara E. Reid
The Nativity of the Lord (A), Dec. 25, 2010
Current Comment
The Editors
O Holy Not; Don't Assassinate; Illegal Organ Trading
Nicholas Lash
When bishops instruct the faithful
Letters
Death in a Jar In response to your current comments “Death in Connecticut,” followed by “How Graphic?” (11/29): Until we as a society demand that the death penalty be abolished, it will continue to be used as a method of revenge. Many murders are so heinous that viscerally we
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

“This could be a good opportunity for us in the parishes to clarify and to teach," said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.

Signs Of the Times

The U.S. bishops commended a resolution in the House of Representatives that condemns recent attacks on religious minorities in Iraq.

Editorials
The Editors
How can free-market capitalism be made less inimical to democracy?
The Editors
Readers share suggestions for keeping Christmas sacred
Columns
John F. Kavanaugh
Let Advent be a savoring of the ways God already enters our lives.
Film
Harry Forbes

"The King's Speech" is no musty historical drama

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

Bishop Hubbard called the New Start treaty a “modest step toward a world with greater respect for human life.”

Signs Of the Times
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The current outbreak of cholera has aggravated an already difficult situation for Haitians, the bishops said.

In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Featured on the cover of Time magazine 50 years ago today was a one-time nbsp associate editor of America magazine you might have heard of nbsp The original portrait of John Courtney Murray S J 1904-1967 by Boris Chaliapin one of Time s regular cover artists now hangs in the lobby of Amer
The Good Word
John W. Martens
Anticipation Preparation Waiting Waiting Each of the three readings for the Third Sunday of Advent speak of waiting in one form or another Isaiah 35 which hearkens the coming Messiah describes that the ldquo desert and the parched land will exult the steppe will rejoice and bloom They
In All Things
Austen Ivereigh
The Guardian carries news today of the latest WikiLeaks disclosure of US embassy cables -- this time relating to the Vatican The cables which are more than a year old mention the Murphy Commission into Dublin clerical sex abuse the Vatican s help in releasing British hostages in Iran the tech