One Step Forward?: ‘Deferred Action’ yields cautious hope for undocumented youth.
President Obama’s ‘deferred action’ policy yields cautious hope for undocumented youth.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The Lord calls us to more than unified action; he calls us to a union of hearts and minds as well.
Letters
Letters
Christian Listening I was delighted to read your editorial “The Work Ahead” (11/26), on the results of the election. It was the most nonpartisan, nonjudgmental Christian approach to a political scene that I have ever read. I have a hard time dealing with the “opposition,” bu
Editorials
A God Who Unites
God inflames the human heart with a deep desire for unity.
Faith in Focus
Carrying On: One family’s Christmas tradition
One family’s Christmas tradition
Books
Character Studies
We invited some friends to recommend to our readers in very few words a favorite book and author.
Film
Signs of ‘Life’: Wonderful lessons from the Capra masterpiece
Frank Capra’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ offers a profound understanding of the Gospels.
Poetry
Un Sogno d’Oro a Natale
From the Rev. John P. McNamee, a poem for the Christmas season
The Word
Family Business
Holy Family (C), Dec. 30, 2012
Christ Manifest
Epiphany (C), Jan. 6, 2013
Mary, Our Mother
Mary Mother of God (C), Jan. 1, 2013
Columns
City Limits
Experiencing New York made me reexamine my prejudices against urban life.
Current Comment
Current Comment
Acts of charity, however well meant, sometimes are not enough to help people in need.
Signs Of the Times
Chicago Catholics Challenged to Become ‘Lobbyists for Peace’
In a metropolitan area rocked by crime, Catholics are being challenged to respond.
New Translation Receives Wide Acceptance
A new survey finds that 7 in 10 Catholics agree that the new Mass translation “is a good thing.”
Protect Those Most at Risk
Representatives of faith-based development networks participating in a U.N. climate change conference in Doha, the capital of Qatar, urged governments to put aside national interests and protect the common good and especially people around the world who are most vulnerable to climate change. Emilie
Typhoon Recovery
The destruction from Typhoon Bopha in portions of Mindanao, in the southern Philippines, is worse than feared as rescue workers continued to discover bodies under knee-deep mud, said a Catholic Relief Services official who coordinates the agency’s storm response in early December. “It lo
Irish Abortion Fight
Pro-life demonstrators called on the Irish government not to introduce abortion legislation.
News Briefs
The U.S. Catholic Church will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week from Jan. 13 through Jan. 19. • Starting on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Benedict XVI will be tweeting in eight languages, including Arabic, from eight twitter accounts, including one for English speak
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