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Art
Gerrit van Honthorst's painting The Mocking of Christ is a painful reminder of the cruel, sardonic mocking of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez on reducing extreme poverty
Signs Of the Times
The Notre Dame president called President Obama's upcoming visit "a basis for further positive engagement.
Luis Arriage Valenzuela, S.J., is the director of Centro de Derechos Humanos Prodh, a Mexican human rights center begun in 1987 as a response to increasingly repressive policies by the Mexican government. Centro Prodh’s goal is to defend, promote and advocate for human rights through legal assistance. I spoke to Fr. Valenzulea about the current situation of human rights in Mexico earlier this month.
What are you seeing on the ground in Mexico today?
The events of the Seder and the form and meaning of Passover can be a very real part of the events of Holy Week and of the central story of the Christian tradition.
Signs Of the Times
In a major address in Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz assessed the progress of Jewish-Catholic relations in Poland over the last half-century.
A Lenten reflection on The Mocking of Christ
Signs Of the Times
The Diocese of Meru has developed a ritual called An Alternative Rite of Passage, which formally marks a girls passage into adolescence.
Signs Of the Times
While thirteen Israelis died during the conflict, at least 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, perished.
Television
From the creator of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' a new show with much to say about the inviolability of human dignity.
Columns
'What are our moral obligations as disciples of a tortured God?'
Signs Of the Times
The Vatican does not have clear guidelines for applying the principle of reciprocity, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.
Letters
Realpolitik I am a Venezuelan missionary priest working in the United States, and I make frequent visits to my home country because of my ministry. I deeply agree with your editorial on Venezuela (“A Future With Mr. Chávez,” 3/16). I would like your readers to focus their attentio
Signs Of the Times
Mary Ann Glendon (left), former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, will receive the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal on May 17.
The Word
Palm Sunday (B), April 5, 2009 Easter Sunday (B), April 12, 2009
Twenty-five years after his death, Rahner's works still illuminate.
FaithSigns Of the Times
In the wake of Cardinal Walter Kasper's call for a clarification of the doctrine on indulgences, John O'Malley, S.J., offers this short history.