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'We Must Reach Out'

January 5-12, 2015

Vol. 212 / No. 1

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Generation Faith
Jacob A. JonesDecember 23, 2014

With great trepidation I asked permission to sit at the breakfast table with the Rev. Desmond J. Regan, a man more than six feet tall with a thick waft of shock white hair perfectly combed to one side—no trace of a receding hair line—as he sat with one hand clutching a mug of black coffe

Of Other Things
Bill McGarveyDecember 18, 2014

As the self-proclaimed “pope of basic cable,” Colbert performed a brilliant high-wire act.

Chinese Catholic priests baptize new believers during a 2013 Easter Vigil in a church in Shenyang, China. A papal visit to China does not appear likely anytime soon, according to experts on the church in China. (CNS photo/EPA)
Signs Of the Times
Steven Schwankert December 23, 2014

What percentage of China’s population considers itself Christian is a question that has come to the fore here recently, in part because that number may have grown to nearly equal the membership of the Communist Party of China.The C.C.P. operates “patriotic” churches that are headed

HOMECOMING. After five years of captivity in Cuba, Alan Gross returned on Dec. 17.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin ClarkeDecember 23, 2014

Watching a Vatican-brokered diplomatic breakthrough in De-cember that may lead to the normalization of relations between the United States and the island nation of Cuba, Eusebio Mujal-León was hardly a disinterested bystander. A professor at Georgetown University, Mujal-León is the director of a G

Palestinian sells souvenirs to cars passing through checkpoint at Israeli separation wall in Bethlehem.
Signs Of the Times

Ending a year that saw a papal visit, a war in Gaza and the resumption of unrest in Jerusalem, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal’s Christmas message condemned all instances of violence. “We condemn the Gaza war and deplore its dramatic consequences, killing and destruction, but at the same time

RECONSTRUCTION ERA. More than 85,000 people still live in tent camps across Haiti’s earthquake zone.
Signs Of the Times

Nearly five years after one of the most devastating earthquakes ever to rock the Western Hemisphere, more than 85,000 people still live in dozens of tent camps across Haiti’s expansive earthquake zone.While significant, the number is small compared with the original 1.5 million people who were

Sister Sharon Holland, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, receives applause at Vatican press conference for release of final report of Vatican-ordered investigation of U.S. communities of women religious.
Signs Of the Times

U.S. women religious welcomed the conciliatory tone of a Vatican report on religious life and expressed appreciation for its acknowledgement of the important ministry that they practice in the life of the church. They also said the report, released on Dec. 16, opens a new beginning for women religio