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In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
For sighing comes more readily to me than food and my groans well forth like water Job 3 25 The drought currently plaguing Kenya has brought searing images of thirsty and hungry people into our living rooms or onto our computer screens nbsp Despite our sympathy sometimes it is hard to understan
In All Things
Michael Sean Winters
The struggle over government funding for Faith-Based organizations is back in the news as critics of such funding are calling on the President to keep a pledge he made during the campaign in a speech in Zanesville Ohio He said If you get a federal grant you can rsquo t use that money to prosely
In All Things
Austen Ivereigh
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has given a double-page interview to Osservatore Romano the papal newspaper in which he talks of his conversion to Catholicism and how faith is at the heart of his life and work Both Osservatore and the Guardian which reports the interview headline Blair s am
In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Another Jesuit from Philadelphia I m a proud one tipped me off to this frankly alarming news story about the closing temporary they hope nbsp of all public libraries in the vast Philadelphia Library system including the nbsp massive Free Library of Philadelphia in Center City which has been
In All Things
Michael Sean Winters
The grounds of the U S Capitol were the site of a conservative rally on Saturday that drew tens of thousands of protesters to Washington D C The immediate occasion for the protest is the health care reform effort but it quickly became obvious that some of the protesters rsquo complaints were of
The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Sept. 20, 2009
Signs Of the Times

Israeli riot police evicted two Palestinian families—more than 50 people in all—from their homes in an Arab neighborhood on Aug. 2

Signs Of the Times

The Missionaries of Charity have launched a year of programs celebrating the centennial in 2010 of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa, the order’s founder.

Film
Jake Martin

"(500) Days of Summer" is a cautionary tale about the myths romantic comedies perpetuate.

Signs Of the Times

The convictions of six people on charges related to anti-Christian violence have "strengthened our people's morale," the local bishop said.

Of Many Things
Maurice Timothy Reidy
Cycling allows for a unique kind of meditation.
Columns
Thomas J. Massaro
Grappling with the legacy of Robert McNamara and the Vietnam War
Poetry
Mary Damon Peltier

You wake without your passport

Books
J. Peter Nixon
A historian responds to critics of the reformed liturgy
Signs Of the Times

Christians are not seen as integral members of society, “as citizens, with the same rights and duties” as the majority but as “a people apart.”

The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Sept. 27, 2009
Signs Of the Times

Protesters opposed to the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya have reportedly been jailed, beaten and raped by the country’s security forces.

FaithIdeas
Kathleen Doherty Fenty
From 2009: On William Shakespeare's birthday, Kathleen Doherty Fenty asks: Does it matter what his faith was?
Signs Of the Times

Catholic presence in Afghanistan is limited to aid workers. Preaching Christianity is strictly forbidden.

Signs Of the Times

Supporters of the initiative see minarets as political symbols and signs of an increasing Islamic presence in Switzerland.