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In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Well not really nbsp But you get to see some behind-the-scenes stuff at our mag with Frs Christiansen and Collins in this brief interview with me and Brooklyn s Catholic Channel a few days ago nbsp
The Good Word
Barbara Green
Mary Chilton Callaway a perceptive and profound commentator on the Jewish Scriptures and their vast matrix literature says that our understandings and interpretations of biblical passage are often more influenced by how others have read them than by the texts themselves nbsp By ldquo other read
In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Here s an innovative way to express your support of women religious who are in the midst of an apostolic visitation from the Vatican nbsp What I like best about it is this It is an entirely positive loving and Christian nbsp way of sharing with the Vatican our gratitude for the contribution of
In All Things
Michael Sean Winters
The Post rsquo s Outlook section yesterday had four articles dealing with the fall of the Berlin Wall The two that look at Berlin then and now and very interesting but the other two essays show conflicting notions about history that are worth considering How it went down by Mary Elise Sarotte lo
In All Things
Austen Ivereigh
Archbishop John Favalora of Miami has prohibited priests of the Legionaries of Christ from exercising any ministry in his nbsp archdiocese effective immediately The October 29 letter addressed to all priests of the archdiocese is here The spokesman for the Legionaries who are under investigatio
Television
Jake Martin

"True Blood" seeks to be sophisticated and edgy, but the only thing sharp about it is the actors' prosthetic fangs.

Of Many Things
Patricia A. Kossmann
The many ways to help homeless, abused animals
Columns
Margaret Silf
Road races are occasions of joy and laughter, sweat and strain.
Timothy P. Broglio
Our duty to returning veterans
Letters
Transforming Technology I am shocked that the editors of America allow a writer to stereotype a whole generation of young people as “the Dumbest Generation” (“Generation Text,” by Mark Bauerlein, 10/12). As a supervisor of student teachers, I enter scores of schools. In these
Signs Of the Times

Although several measures of the health of marriage in the United States have declined sharply since 1970, there are some signs of improvement this decade.

Books
Lawrence S. Cunningham
The story of an extraordinary encounter at the height of the Fifth Crusade
Signs Of the Times

Santa Clara University’s solar house finished third in the Solar Decathlon competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Books
Scott Korb
In early April 1980 the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe met the Harlem-raised James Baldwin ldquo for the first and sadly last time rdquo at the annual meeting of the African Literature Association held that year in Gainesville Fla Both men happened to arrive to the conference a day late pus
Current Comment
The Editors
Galileo at the Vatican: Dr. Barnes' Little Museum
William Bole
Why even Obama cannot bring an end to the culture wars
John F. Butler
Recently my father sent me a rosary that belonged to my Great-Uncle Ray. This was not just any rosary; it had been given to my godfather by his mother (my great-grandmother) when he fought behind enemy lines during World War II. As a symbol of faith, this rosary, with its unique history, is a source
Signs Of the Times

In the wake of the Vatican's announcement, there was speculation in Britain that entire parishes--even dioceses--would “go over to Rome.”

Signs Of the Times

A coalition of faith leaders calls for an increase in well-paying, green jobs.