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Praised Be Creation

July 20-27, 2015

Vol. 213 / No. 2

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Columns
James T. KeaneJuly 08, 2015

Can we do anything about climate change? L.A. might show us how we can.

Of Other Things

The writer’s job is to sell who he or she is, with an emphasis on humanity and warmth.

Signs Of the Times

Although arson is blamed for at least three fires in June at several predominantly black churches in Southern states, investigators say a blaze that destroyed Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal church in South Carolina was not deliberately set. Churchgoers had feared the worst because the church

COURT'S CALLS. Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate in front of the Supreme Court on June 26.
Signs Of the Times

President Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, survived a Supreme Court challenge on June 25 in a 6-to-3 decision. “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them,” Chief Justice John Roberts argued for the majori

Signs Of the Times
Anthony Egan, S.J.July 08, 2015

Historians may see it as an accurate reflection of South Africa’s turbulent present.

People enter a government-run employment office in Madrid.
Signs Of the Times

Harsh criticisms meted out by Pope Francis on free market capitalism have sparked backlash from some fiscal conservatives and have led some people to call him “anti-capitalist” or even a Marxist. In anticipation of his apostolic visit to the United States in September, some are bracing f

CLIMATE CHECK. A banner waving from the U.N. General Assembly building in New York on June 30 defines the nature of the debate inside.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin ClarkeJuly 08, 2015

Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, took “Laudato Si’” on the road, presenting the “green encyclical” from Pope Francis to a packed audience during a special conference at the United Nations on June 30. Cardinal Turkson tol