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Bishop Gerald Kicanas said the new law “does not address the critical need for border security to confront drug smuggling...and human trafficking.”

Editorials
The Editors
Even in high places we Catholics are in the company of sinners as well as saints.
Signs Of the Times
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The bishops of England and Wales asked Catholics to carry out acts of penance to help atone for clerical abuse crimes.

Ideas
Robert E. Lauder
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William J. O'Malley
The physical sciences, once believed to be antithetical to God, can exorcize our attempts to box in this awesome energy.
Letters
Fiat Lux! Re “Do Not Despair,” by Archbishop John Quinn (Online, 5/3): Rahner’s prophetically probing question, “Why would a modern man want to become and to remain a priest?” holds the key to the future solution. Only when the church chooses to transform itself from a
Books
Richard A. Blake
Robert Bresson's films explore the mysteries of grace.
The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Seventh Sunday of Easter (C), May 16, 2010
Columns
Peter Schineller
Computers and iPhones, bless the Lord!
Signs Of the Times
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Pope Benedict XVI is planning to create a department charged with overseeing the “re-evangelization” of traditionally Christian countries.

Columns
Kyle T. Kramer
History--human, ecological and cosmic--must be the hotbed for hope.
Signs Of the Times
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More than 3,500 attended the first traditional Latin Mass in decades at the National Shrine.

Faith in Focus
Lori Erickson
I have become a more thoughtful, disciplined Christian because of my blog.
Arts & CultureBooks
Elias D. Mallon
John L. Esposito's new book deals not so much with the future of Islam as with its present.
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An election victory for Iraq’s more secular parties is not tempting Iraqi Christian refugees to return home,

Current Comment
The Editors
Beating Back the Squid; New Eyes on the Prize; African Beliefs
Signs Of the Times
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Colombian authorities said a Catholic priest led paramilitary groups that committed rapes and massacres.

Film
Jim McDermott

At the heart of “Kick-Ass” lies a fulsome rage directed at apathy and cowardice.

Jeremy Clarke
Matteo Ricci's cross-cultural mission to China
Poetry
Bonnie J. Manion

A bobcat creeps between piñon pines