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In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
The Archdiocese of Washington DC is no longer offering benefits to spouses of new employees because of the change in DC law allowing same-sex marriages nbsp Here s the Washington Post Employees at Catholic Charities were told Monday that the social services organization is changing its health
In All Things
Michael Sean Winters
Canadians are so nice I positively detest having to cite them as the most recent example of the bizarre phenomena by which the Olympic Games celebrate their opening and closing Ceremony and ritual are the kind of things to which a Catholic imagination is naturally drawn I suppose Was anyone else
In All Things
Tim Reidy
This week online Father Jim Martin talks about his new book A Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything which is available for sale next Tuesday March 9 Listen to our conversation Plus our weekly In These Pages feature highlights an archive article from 1988 detailing the troubling trend toward p
In All Things
Kerry Weber
I can t say I always look forward to participating in the sacrament of Reconciliation Still I go Not as often as I should perhaps But I try There have been times when I ve felt that the priest barely listened to me or he reacted too harshly to what I had to say A reminder I suppose that whi
The Good Word
John W. Martens
There are numerous positives to blogging on the scripture people actually read what you have written the time between writing and publishing is not measured in months and years but in minutes and you can write in a less formal style than is required by academia allowing you often to bridge hear
Portfolio
Terrence E. Dempsey

The exhibit “Good Friday” explores the enduring power of the image of the suffering Christ for contemporary artists.

Signs Of the Times

Homelessness appears to be making a comeback, but not in the urban and rural communities where it persisted in past decades.

Signs Of the Times

Metals found in such everyday electronic items as mobile phones are helping to fund a bloody conflict in Congo.

Current Comment
The Editors
The Age of the E-Reader; Aid and Corruption in Haiti; Arctic Contemplatives
Books
John C. Hawley
'Summertime' is a meandering series of interviews with relatives and former lovers of 'John Coetzee.'
Arthur J. Serratelli
To change means that one is alive. This applies to people, institutions and languages. Change is a natural development even when it meets resistance from those who have become comfortable with old, familiar ways. The challenge of change faces Catholics now, as the church in the United States and the
Poetry
Angela ODonnell

I rhyme to see myself, to set the darkness echoing.” Seamus Heaney

 

For years I’ve knelt at your holy wells

Letters
Trillions for Defense Re “Weakened by Defense” (Editorial, 1/18): I don’t know whether I should smile or cry when I hear the word trillion used so glibly in the media today. How much is a trillion dollars? No human being has ever been able to count to a trillion for the simple re
Signs Of the Times

Mexico has been involved in a crackdown on narcotics trafficking cartels that have been fighting turf wars over smuggling routes into the U.S.

Arthur J. Serratelli
To change indicates that one is alive. This applies to people, institutions and even language. It is a natural development even when it meets resistance, because we can become comfortable in old and familiar ways. The challenge of change is before Catholics now as the church in the United States and
Books
Anthony D. Andreassi
In his latest book, John W. O'Malley, S.J., serves up a hard-nosed history of so many saints and sinners.
Signs Of the Times

More than 1.2 million people are in settlements, and close to 500,000 people have left Port-au-Prince for outlying regions.

Editorials
The Editors
Politicians need to hear from the American people that they are willing to make sacrifices for the future of the nation.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Rowan Williams
Shakespeare, Edmund Campion and the grace of forgiveness.