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

A generation after the end of the cold war, the Initiative proposes redirecting resources saved by nuclear arms reductions toward peace-building.

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

Pope Benedict XVI praised the 108 nations that have adopted a treaty banning the stockpiling and use of cluster bombs.

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

Access to water is just one small part of the complex of political and structural discord between Israelis and the Palestinians.

Editorials
The Editors
Examining the costs and lessons of Iraq
Signs Of the Times

Catholic and other church-owned health systems have been shown to demonstrate greater quality and efficiency than not-for-profit or investor-owned systems.

W. Malcolm Byrnes
The pro-life promise of a new stem cell technology
Juan Molina
One bishop's outreach to a Mexican drug cartel
The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Aug. 22, 2010
Film
Jake Martin

'Breathless' is not a museum piece; it is not to be talked about in hushed, reverent tones.

Books
Peter Heinegg
A history of anti-Semitism in England
Signs Of the Times
Francis J. Butler

Catholic dioceses continue to report mounting problems keeping their schools afloat amid a lackluster economy.

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

Catholic aid organizations are responding in Pakistan after the most intense monsoon rainsin the past 30 years caused landslides and floods.

Of Many Things
Kerry Weber
Capturing memories without the camera
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Iraq's ancient Christian communities face extinction if a U.S. withdrawal is not accompanied by a comprehensive humanitarian response, says Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.

Columns
John J. DiIulio, Jr.
Too many poor children 'eat a meal seasoned with shame.'
Poetry
Anne M. Bruner

"Maybe just-born babies cry because tiny eyes hurt in the light.

In All Things
William Van Ornum
Father Drew Christiansen s recent Of Many Things included a sentence deeply relevant to the psychology theology and politics of conflict resolution ldquo International lawyers and human rights advocates are often adamant that those who violated the peace need to be punished whereas profession
In All Things
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Recent Catholic convert and likely Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is profiled in the latest issue of Esquire magazine with his second of three wife giving her first interview since the couple rsquo s very public and very dramatic divorce It rsquo s the kind of salaciously sensat
In All Things
Karen Sue Smith
When President Obama spoke to the Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta Ga on August 1 reporters scanned his words closely for news of the Iraq war Would he signal any change in policy give hints about when and how the troops scheduled to leave would actually leave That turned out to be the l
In All Things
Maureen O'Connell
Confession I am not generally in the business of writing movie reviews especially for films that have yet to be released and which I probably will not see And maybe this post will confirm that I should not quit my day job So for more professional opinions of Eat Pray Love check out The New Yor