Just posted online a new batch of Signs of the Times stories We ll be posting new SOT items every week over the summer The first item concerns adoption services in the Catholic diocese of Rockford Ill The Diocese of Rockford has announced that its Catholic Charities offices will no longer off
Tim Reidy
Tim Reidy is the deputy editor in chief of America Media.
What Is Subsidiarity?
Our blogger Vince Miller has pledged to take up this question in his next blog post but meanwhile here is a reflection from Stephen Schneck at Catholic U The root of the word subsidiarity is the Latin subsiduum which is also the same root for our English word subsidy Subsiduum was used among o
Was Obama’s Trip to Latin America Useless?
From Mensaje magazine via Mirada Global ldquo Obama rsquo s useless trip rdquo was the title that Spanish newspaper El Pa iacute s used to summarize the overall impression after U S President rsquo s trip to Latin America last March While it was intended to become a re-foundational moment in th
Election Update from Peru
From Mensaje magazine via Mirada Global a look at the two candidates who are vying for the presidency of Peru in a June 5 run off Ollanta Humala a military nationalist and Keiko Fujimori the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimoro who is in prison for murder What seems to be quite clear
Easter Season Video Series
Our latest video reflection on the symbols of the Easter Season is now online To be notified when we post a new video sign up for our feed on our nbsp YouTube page Tim Reidy
‘America’ Exclusive: Kathleen McChesney on the John Jay Report
Kathleen McChesney served as the first executive director of the newly established Office for Child and Youth Protection of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Her analysis of the John Jay report which was officially released yesterday has just been posted to our Web site The r
The ‘New Old’ Byzantine Liturgy
Our latest Web only article looks at the Byzantine Church s transition to a new liturgical translation The author the Rev Michael N Kane is pastor of a Byantine church in Florida and a professor at Florida Atlantic University Several years ago the Byzantine-Ruthenian Church in the United Stat
The Authoritarianism of Moral Neutrality
From Mensaje magazine via Mirada Global a strong critique of France s decision to prohibit women from wearing the burka in public Respecting freedom of religion is respecting human rights Considering the differences between secularity and religion implies entering into a dialogue respecting fre
Open Mining ‘Hell’ in Panama
From Envio magazine via Mirada Global Since 1997 there is in Panama a legally defined territory the Ng auml be-Bugl eacute Comarca of around 4 thousand sq km as the result of a long and bloody conflict A little over 110 thousand Indians from the Ng auml be and Bugl eacute peoples live in
We Are All Adopted
A reflection from Criterio magazine via Mirada Global Getting further into the mystery of the person we understand that we are all adopted by the human family concerned that there is water air and food for its children and even further that everybody finds his her place not only the food in
