Torture and the Rule of Law
A symposium
Legal Obligations: The proper role of White House lawyers
The proper role of White House lawyers
Truth and Consequences: The case for a commission on torture
The case for a commission on torture
No Excuses: Our obligation to prosecute human rights violations
Our obligation to prosecute human rights violations
A Call for Truth and Trust: The moral and economic vision of ‘Caritas in Veritate’
Daily I receive emails, often from Nigeria, offering financial partnerships and lots of easy money. You likely receive them too. The themes vary, from estates left unclaimed to widows needing assistance from corrupt government bureaucrats, but usually they boil down to a pledge that huge sums will be deposited in my bank account if I…
The Pope’s Call for Charity: An examination of Benedict XVI’s encyclical on the economy
Two contributors consider Benedict XVI’s encyclical on the economy
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The elusiveness, and grace, of big cats
Letters
Letters
In Saecula Saeculorum Re the article by Thomas G. Casey, S.J., suggesting we replace Latin with English as the official language of the church (“Ave atque Vale,” 6/8): While I may be biased as a student of the classics, I think that Latin holds a significant place in the Catholic Church
Editorials
A Shabby Welcome
Iraqi refugees in the United States face harsh pitfalls.
Faith in Focus
The Eyes of a Child
What you see depends on how and where you look
Art
Michelangelo for Moderns: The Art of James Ensor
The artist James Ensor had a wicked sense of humor and was obsessed with religious imagery. View slide show.
Film
Cops and Robbers: Michael Mann’s ‘Public Enemies’
“Public Enemies” resurrects a perennial tragic hero for one more ritual slaughter.
The Word
Nourishing Word
This is “living bread,” a nourishing word that leads one to cherish all life, to choose life and, ultimately, to relinquish one’s own life for the life of the world, believing that this is the way to life eternal.
Food for Life
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Aug. 16, 2009
Catholic Book Club
July/August Selection
From professor and scholar to the Vatican rsquo s enforcer of the faith and finally to the throne of St Peter Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI has become for the world the public face of the Roman Catholic Church Rev Thomas P Rausch S J mdash the T Marie Chilton Professor of Ca
Columns
Filling the Gaps
The pope calls for international institutions to serve the most vulnerable.
Culture
The Faith of Abraham: God and the Great Emancipator
God and the Great Emancipator
Faith
Nourishing Word
This is “living bread,” a nourishing word that leads one to cherish all life, to choose life and, ultimately, to relinquish one’s own life for the life of the world, believing that this is the way to life eternal.
Signs Of the Times
President, Pope Discuss G-8 Commitments, Bioethics
In addition to giving Obama a copy of his latest encyclical, the pope also presented a copy of a recent Vatican document on biomedical ethics.
Is Assassination Ever Justified?
New disclosures have prompted a debate about how government-sponsored assassination should be viewed in light of the Catholic moral tradition.
President, Pope Discuss G-8 Commitments, Bioethics
THE VATICAN — The church’s positions on bioethical issues and matters of global social justice received marked attention during Pope Benedict XVI’s meeting with President Barack Obama on July 10 in Rome. Mr. Obama had traveled to Rome for the Group of 8 summit, an annual meeting of the
Is Assassination Ever Justified?
The recent disclosure that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency was developing a program to track down and kill individual Al Qaeda leaders has re-awakened legal and ethical questions about assassination as a tool of national policy. The program had been kept hidden from Congress until this spring,
Honduran Cardinal Addresses Coup Crisis
Cardinal óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga denied that the church supported the coup détat.
Aid Official Describes Starvation in Eritrea
Orphanage staffers are overwhelmed by the number of children being dropped off because their families cannot feed them.
Conditions Improve for Russian Catholics
“Our church’s ties with state and society here have significantly improved recently,” said a member of the Russian Catholic bishops’ conference.
News Briefs
Eddie Panlilio, a Catholic priest, has requested a dispensation from his priestly duties so that he may run for president of the Phillipines.
Duty to Protect: Three Pillars to Prevent Four Crimes
A lack of will and finger pointing have contributed to the international community’s failure to stop present-day mass violence.
Israel Stops Distributing Booklet About Vatican-Hezbollah Ties
Booklets claiming that the Vatican helped organize tours of Auschwitz for members of Hezbollah were distributed to Israeli soldiers for several months.
Williams Expresses Concern for Anglican Unity
Arch. Rowan Williams responds to the Episcopal Church’s recent decision to ordain non-celibate homosexuals.
Indian Catholics Welcome Sentences
The local archbishop welcomed the prison sentences a court has given to five people convicted of taking part in the August 2008 anti-Christian violence in Orissa.
Bertone: Promoting Common Good Includes Regulating Economy
The Vatican secretary of state said Pope Benedict XVI’s recent encyclical was not calling for government control of the economy or the market.
Mexican Immigration Down by 40 Percent
Despite the decrease, a by the Pew Hispanic Center shows no increase in the flow of immigrants returning to Mexico.
News Briefs
The Christian village of Korian in the Punjab province of Pakistan was destroyed July 30 in a violent raid by thousands of Muslims.
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