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Film
Guerric DeBona, O.S.B.

American film culture has maintained something of an ambivalent relationship with the Catholic priesthood.

Of Many Things
James Martin, S.J.
Introducing our new culture editor, sans ascot and monocle
Signs Of the Times

Topics to be addressed inclue governance; vocation promotion, admission and formation policies; and spiritual life and common life.

Columns
John F. Kavanaugh
The importance of getting health care reform right
Signs Of the Times

Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer detain families at a much-criticized former medium-security prison in Texas.

John Perry
The tensions between faith and science in West Africa
Signs Of the Times

A Catholic archbishop said only a few people accused in last year's violence against Christians have been arrested.

Letters
Burning Flame Just one question regarding “A Deacon’s Lessons,” by Greg Kandra (7/20): What about those of us who are called to the diaconate but have been given a resounding no for an answer? We are left with a burning flame, placed in the deepest part of our souls by God, which c
Books
John C. Hawley
In his poetry Killian McDonnell takes Yahweh to task
A selection of America's articles on health care reform
Art
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.

An exhibit of African and Oceanic art at the Metropolitan Museum rejects the presumption that Western standards are the final arbiters of aesthetic achievement. View slide show.

The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Aug. 23, 2009
Signs Of the Times
George M. Anderson

Can mass violence in Darfur, Congo and Somalia be stopped? A report from the United Nations General Assembly.

Current Comment
The Editors
The Transformation of G.E.; The Return of Lance Armstrong
Signs Of the Times

Pope Benedict has urged the minority Christian community not to be deterred by the attack on Christian homes.

Michael D. Place
How the Catholic tradition can shape the health care debate
Signs Of the Times

A statement from the Secretariat of Public Security apologized for a police raid that interrupted a Mass in Michoaca.

Thomas C. Kohler
The Abbe Lamennais anticipated many of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
Signs Of the Times

Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died Aug. 11, was "a woman of ardent faith and generous public service" said the apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Maurice Timothy Reidy
In the August 31-September 7 issue of America two bishops look back at the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's appearance the University of Notre Dame commencement: Bishop John M. D'Arcy, of Fort Wayne-South Bend, and retired Archbishop John R. Quinn. America has published numerous arti