Awakening the Giant: Strategies for restarting the U.S. economy
The old advice, “Keep your eye on the ball,” applies to current discussions of the U.S. economy. The country has been diverted from focusing on the immediate issue, which is jobs, to an issue of importance over the longer term—namely, deficits and the national debt. The claim that
The Road to Nonviolence: Moving peace work to the center of Christian life
Moving peace work to the center of Christian life
The Other Haiti: Rebuilding quake-shattered lives beyond Port-au-Prince
Rebuilding quake-shattered lives beyond Port-au-Prince
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
In search of a reprieve from digital attachment
Letters
Letters
Getting Our Money’s Worth I wish Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan had spent more time presenting the “evidence” he so briefly cites in “The Catholic Schools We Need” (9/13). Much of this reference material is not readily available to me. And I need a clearer definition of Ca
Editorials
A Saint for Our Time
The saga of Mother Mary MacKillop says much about sanctity, about sin, about women and about hope.
Faith in Focus
Sea Change: Finding old friends and a new outlook at the ocean
Finding old friends and a new outlook at the ocean
Film
The Seer: ‘Vision’ profiles Hildegard von Bingen
‘Vision,’ Margarethe von Trotta’s study of Hildegard of Bingen, is both a film and a moral lesson.
A Friend Is Born: ‘The Social Network’ examines the founding myth of Facebook
‘The Social Network’ examines the founding myth of Facebook
The Word
Incomparable Mercy
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Oct. 24, 2010
Catholic Book Club
September-October Selection
The authors’ previous work, Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy, which recounted the shooting of schoolchildren in Nickel Mines, Pa., was a CBC selection in the fall of 2007 and became a national bestseller and a television movie. Drawing on the authors’ personal interviews and firsthand experience, their follow-up book, The Amish Way,…
Columns
Two-Party Roulette
Looking to Washington for what only magicians can deliver.
Culture
Women of Faith
A new eight-volume “spirituality for Catholic women” edited by theologian Elizabeth A. Dreyer.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Our President’s Faith; Halfway to Heaven; The Right to Breastfeed
Signs Of the Times
Philippine Bishops, President Clash
The president of the Philippine bishops’ conference denied reports that he threatened to excommunicate the president over his proposal to distribute contraceptives.
News Briefs
The U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, Miguel H. Díaz, said on Oct. 5 that human migration should be accepted as both a Christian and a political duty.
Legislation Opens New Front in War on Poverty
Almost 44 million Americans now live below the poverty line, and 21 percent of all U.S. children are growing up poor.
N.Y. Plan Closes Weakest Schools
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan has pledged a seat in a New York Catholic school for any child who wants it.
Gender Gap for Development Goals
In Latin America, women hold only one-third of top-level jobs.
Agency Appeals Same-Sex Ruling
The last remaining Catholic adoption agency in England has filed an appeal against a decision forbidding it to turn away same-sex couples.
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