State of Disunion: How do we cross our bipartisan divides?
How do we cross our bipartisan divides?
Into the Future: The journey of women religious since Vatican II
The journey of women religious since Vatican II
Listening to Jerry: Why it is vital for sexual abusers tell their story.
Why it is vital for sexual abusers tell their story.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Peace is what we seek—in the world, sure, but I would settle for a little more peace in the living room first.
Letters
Letters
Quote Bias I agree with the editorial “Gender Bias” (6/18). As a Catholic woman, however, I do find it interesting that Pope Paul VI is quoted, followed by the sentence: “It is difficult to convince some societies of the value of an unborn girl, if the society does not see the inhe
Editorials
Drone War Under Law
From July 2012, the editors on the advent of a new kind of warfare.
Faith in Focus
Interrupting Grace: A contemplative learns to let go.
A contemplative learns to let go.
Books
Punitive and Inhumane
The unraveling of the criminal justice system in the United States
End Times and Elections
A dangerous book from Richard G. Lee
Energy Futures
Would a worldwide market for oil free of government interference negate the need for wars?
Art
The Art of Being Seen: The Barnes Foundation’s new Philadelphia campus
The Barnes Foundation’s new Philadelphia campus
Theater
Summer Is for Shakespeare: A survey of America’s many festivals honoring the Bard
A survey of America’s many festivals honoring the Bard
The Word
Christ Our Shepherd
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 22, 2012
Identity Crisis
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), July 29, 2012
Catholic Book Club
July Selection
When historians write the history of the development of our political ideas and institutions this past quarter century they would be amply justified to label it ldquo an unexpected revolution rdquo For beginning in the early 1990s there has been a proliferation of new practices and institutions
Columns
Sincerely Yours…
I collect encyclicals the way some people collect baseball cards.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Health Care Benefits; More Than PR; 'Free-Market' Prisons
Signs Of the Times
Christians, Secularists in Egypt Cautious After Islamic Victory
The election of Mohamed Morsi has fed fears that Islamists will use their political mandate to impose restrictions on dress and behavior.
Bishops Urge Congress to ‘Fix’ Reform’s Flaws
The U.S. bishops’ conference urged changes on abortion funding, conscience protection and immigrants’ access to health care.
Free AIDS Drugs
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone called for free universal access to AIDS drugs and therapy and insisted this begin by giving antiretroviral drugs to H.I.V.-positive pregnant women.
Bus Stop
“Nuns on the Bus: Nuns Drive for Faith, Family and Fairness” is sponsored by Network, a Catholic social justice lobby based in Washington, D.C.
Humanitarian Studies
Earthquakes, oppression, floods and famine are just some of the targets of the Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network.
News Briefs
In Belfast on June 27, Queen Elizabeth of Britain shook hands with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander.
Farm Bill’s Proposed Cuts ‘Unjustified and Wrong’
U.S. bishops object to House proposals for food assistance cuts.
Syria’s Christians Under Fire
Conditions deteriorate for Christians in Syria—and for everyone else—as fighting and bloodshed grow wider.
Agencies in Flood Relief Effort
Aid agencies from the Catholic church join the effort to respond to widespread flooding in India’s Assam state.
The Elderly Struggle in Cuba
The economic downturn that has been a hardship for Americans has had a greater impact on the elderly in Cuba, who increasingly struggle to fend for themselves.
Islamists Threaten Chrisitans
Islamist militants have claimed responsibility for the deaths of more than 50 people in north-central Nigeria
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