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Faith and Foreign Affairs

September 14, 2015

Vol. 213 / No. 6

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Columns
James Martin, S.J.September 02, 2015

Two years ago an Italian scientist published a book entitled The Mystery of the Shroud, an examination of the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, the cloth that many believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus mentioned in the Gospels. This book asserted that contrary to scientific studies from the lat

Colombian soldiers carry the bodies of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebels killed in combat at an army base in Tame in 2014. (CNS photo/Jose Miguel Gomez, Reuters)
Current Comment
The EditorsSeptember 02, 2015

A Papal Push in Columbia; New Face of Heroin Abuse; Russia at the Border

Of Other Things
Daniel P. HoranSeptember 02, 2015

The catalog of official saints provides a rich diversity of Christian guides.

In this Sept. 10, 2005 file photo, homes are surrounded by floodwater and oil slicks in St. Bernard Parish in New Orleans, La. (CNS photo/Frank J. Methe, Clarion Herald)
Signs Of the Times

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina buried one of the world’s most iconic cities in a flood of biblical proportions. More than 1,800 people lost their lives. “It was like a war zone. No sign of life,” said the now-retired archbishop of New Orleans, Alfred C. Hughes. Across the regi

CLOSED FOR BUSINESS. Puerto Rico gets closer to a deadline for its $72 billion "unpayable" debt.
Signs Of the Times

As Puerto Rico’s government marches on toward a critical financial deadline regarding its $72 billion “unpayable” debt, there are hopes for a jubilee of the kind espoused in Scripture.Church leaders, like Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan, have offered diverse opinion

Signs Of the Times

A new labor agreement between the Archdiocese of San Francisco and the union representing teachers at the four archdiocesan high schools states that Catholic teaching must remain paramount in the classroom and that teachers are accountable for personal conduct that could negatively affect their abil

Labour Party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn
Signs Of the Times
David StewartSeptember 02, 2015

The British Labour Party has long been marked by factionalism and splits, entryism and intrigue. The center and the right have it too, but they hide it better. With Labour, it is visible and endemic.It has happened again, as Labour tries to drag itself back from disaster after the Parliamentary gene