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Understanding ISIS

November 7, 2016

Vol. 215 / No. 15

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Archbishops John Hung Shan-Chuan of Taipei, Taiwan, and John Ha Tiong Hock of Kuching, Malaysia. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Faith Current Comment
The EditorsOctober 25, 2016

Despite its functional independence, Taiwan is still regarded in Beijing as a renegade province.

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Arts & Culture Of Other Things
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J.October 26, 2016

In a midtown subway station four silent women, bent over their smartphones, texted or read while an unconscious ragged man sprawled helpless at their feet. I checked to see if he was dead.

NYC action in solidarity with Ferguson, Mo. (Flickr photo/All-Nite Images)
Politics & Society Signs Of the Times
Dean DettloffOctober 26, 2016

In a country known for maple-syrupy trivialities and over-politeness, the idea that the U.S.-based campaign against police brutality could secure or even need a national foothold may come as a surprise.

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

Heavy damage was reported to homes and farmland in the northern Philippines on Oct. 20 after the strongest storm in three years struck overnight. Typhoon Haima barreled into northern Cagayan and Isabella provinces, ripping the roofs off homes and flattening crops. By late Oct. 21, 13 people had been

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Oct. 14 that the death penalty cannot be imposed unless the jury is unanimous in the decision, aligning Florida with sentencing standards in most other states. • As Catholics and Lutherans mark the 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation o

Faith Signs Of the Times
Michael J. O’LoughlinNovember 03, 2016

“Well, she read in the newspaper that you pick up after yourself and you cook your own food and wash your own clothes,” Archbishop Tobin recalled telling him. “She’s had it up to here with the sort of monarchic church!”The future pope laughed, and the remarks apparently

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

Colombia’s Catholic bishops urged the government and armed rebels to commit to an indefinite cease-fire while a new peace deal is negotiated after voters rejected an agreement that would have formally ended the Western Hemisphere’s longest-running war. Following a meeting on Oct. 13-14,