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Signs Of the Times
The Notre Dame president called President Obama's upcoming visit "a basis for further positive engagement.
Columns
Maryann Cusimano Love
'What are our moral obligations as disciples of a tortured God?'
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
In a major address in Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz assessed the progress of Jewish-Catholic relations in Poland over the last half-century.
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.
Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J.
Twenty-five years after his death, Rahner's works still illuminate.
Television
Jim McDermott
From the creator of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' a new show with much to say about the inviolability of human dignity.
Signs Of the Times
While thirteen Israelis died during the conflict, at least 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, perished.
Poetry
Leonard J. Cirino

Whoever hears voices has heard the muses.

Television
Jeremy Zipple
A new PBS documentary looks at the many faces of Jerusalem.
Signs Of the Times
The Vatican does not have clear guidelines for applying the principle of reciprocity, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.
Of Many Things
Jim McDermott
Like everything else, the structures we create age, diminish and eventually die.
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.
Politics & Society
Darrin W. Snyder Belousek
The demise of the cult of self-interest
John R. Quinn

At critical moments in life it is important to take stock. The demand from many Catholic bishops and lay leaders that the University of Notre Dame rescind its invitation to President Obama to deliver the 2009 commencement address is surely a critical moment in the relationship between the Catholic Church in the United States and the wider American society. Before battle lines harden further on this issue, we should take time-out to ask some hard and penetrating questions. These are some of the questions that occur to me.

FaithSigns Of the Times
John W. O’Malley
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.
Signs Of the Times
Prelates in several Latin American countries have spoken about the problem of drug trafficking in recent months.
The Word
Barbara E. Reid
Palm Sunday (B), April 5, 2009 Easter Sunday (B), April 12, 2009
Peter Schineller
The final in a series for Lent