Remember the Exiles: The problem of refugees facing the churches in the Middle East
Being a refugee should be a temporary condition. Under international law, people who have fled their homes out of fear of persecution should be able to return home once conditions improve or, when they are prevented from doing so, make a new home elsewhere. To be uprooted from one’s home is es
The Christian Stake In Mideast Peace
A proposal to protect a minority
Christians And Muslims Together: Interreligious relations and the Synod of the Middle East
Interreligious relations and the Synod of the Middle East
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The beatification of John Henry Newman brought particular consolation to Catholics in the English-speaking world.
Letters
Letters
The Model Gentleman “Conspiracy of Bishops and Faithful,” by Drew Christiansen, S.J. (9/27), reminds me that the 19th-century prose and even the poetry of John Henry Newman may be a little hard for today’s readers to digest. But to read him, even to meditate on his seamless logic,
Editorials
Israel’s Choice
Israel needs to be reminded that the alternatives to a two-state solution are few and unattractive.
Ideas
Friends of Noah: The Judaic roots of the blessing of animals
St. Francis and the Judaic roots of the blessing of animals
Books
An Affair to Remember
The significance of the Dreyfus Affair for modern Catholicism cannot be overstated
Abiding Presence
John S Dunne invites readers to take part in the great circle of Gods love.
Television
Faith of a Nation: PBS looks at ‘God in America’
While much of importance is included in PBS’ ‘God in America,’ much is left out.
The Word
Persistent Pursuit of Justice
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), Oct. 17, 2010
Columns
Still Points
To hear God, we need to find the silence in the center of the storm.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Reform Begins at Last; Deporting Roma People; Hidden From the World
Signs Of the Times
Bishops Present Plan for Rebuilding Church Life
The Haitian hierarchy will receive substantial support from partners in North America and Europe.
Activists Assess Progress Toward Millennium Development Goals
If there are “large forces are at work against the poor,” so, too, there are good forces working for them.
The Dream Act Endures
Despite a setback in the Senate, the acts seems to be gaining support on its merits.
Church Hopes Rise In Oaxaca
The governor-elect has promised to improve governance in one of Mexico’s most impoverished states.
Pro-Euthanasia Move Watched in Quebec
International campaigners see Quebec as a vulnerable beachhead for legalizing euthanasia in Canada.
News Briefs
Chiara Badano, a young member of the Focolare movement who died of bone cancer in 1990, was beatified on Sept. 25 in Rome.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
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