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Faith, Hope and Humpty
Margaret Silf
I ask myself: 'Is the egg really smashed, or is it hatching?'
The Latest from CARA
Maurice Timothy Reidy
For decades the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University has been an invaluable resource for data on the American Catholic community. Founded in 1964, CARA's mission--to increase the church's self understanding--neatly dovetails with that of America, and we have
The Word
Bodily Spirituality
Barbara E. Reid
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (C), Aug. 15, 2010
Television
Something Out of Nothing: A look at the sitcom post-Seinfeld
Jake Martin

NBC’s “Community” is one example of the complicated situation that is situation comedy.

Signs Of the Times
Common Ground on Immigration
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

In a statement dated July 12, Cardinal Roger Mahony cited five areas of commonality.

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

Two weeks after the government of Peru threatened to expel Paul McAuley, a La Salle brother and British missionary known for his environmental defense work, the president of the Peruvian bishops’ conference expressed his “full support for the…[country’s] missionaries in their work of evangelization.”

Editorials
Guns and the Court
The Editors
In the wake of a recent ruling, gun groups are intent on challenging a host of restrictive laws.
Books
Displaced
Nancy Hawkins
Was Christianity complicit in the sin of slavery?
Signs Of the Times
Nonviolence Becomes Palestinian Protest Strategy
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Palestinians learn nonviolence to resist Israeli occupation.

Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Drew Christiansen
A new book examines what it takes to build a lasting peace.
Signs Of the Times
Chilean President Rejects Pardon, Orders Prison Review

Sebastian Pinera rejects bishop's call for a pardon that may include Chilean military and instead orders a review of Chile prison conditions for all inmates.

The Jesus Controversy: Why historical scholarship cannot find the living Jesus
Luke Timothy Johnson
Why historical scholarship cannot find the living Jesus
Signs Of the Times
Supreme Court Ruling Threatens Work of Peace
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

In June, the court voted to uphold a federal law that makes it a crime knowingly to provide “material support” to organizations designated as foreign terrorist groups.

Signs Of the Times
AIDS Study Supports Faith Leaders' Work
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

A new UN study sponsored lends credibility to faith leaders who have long argued that behavioral change is key to combating the spread of AIDS.

Books
Bricklayer's Son
Doris Donnelly
A memoir from 'America's Best Theologian'
Signs Of the Times
Faith, Hope and Humpty
Margaret Silf
"Funny,” she said, “How much right-side-up can come from upside down.” This hopeful message greets me every morning when I sit down at my desk and reread the card a very understanding friend sent to me during my recent upheavals. The picture accompanying the caption shows someone b
Complications: A Catholic hospital, a pregnant mother and a questionable excommunication
Kevin O'Rourke
A Catholic hospital, a pregnant mother and a questionable excommunication
Signs Of the Times
Venezuelan Cardinal Defends his Criticism of Chavez Government
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources

Venezuela's Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino butts heads—again—with President Hugo Chavez.

 

Current Comment
Current Comment
The Editors
Total Soccer; The Future of Farm Workers; Death on the High Seas
Signs Of the Times
Newsbriefs
Paulist Father Lawrence Boadt, a leading Catholic biblical scholar and former CEO and president of Paulist Press, died at his residence in Mahwah, N.J., July 24 after a long battle with cancer. He was 67. ♦ In the wake of an undercover video and news report documenting priests in Rom