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December 23-30, 2013

Vol. 209 / No. 19

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Columns
Kerry WeberDecember 12, 2013

Editor Kerry Weber on empowering girls and young women to write their own stories.

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Current Comment
The EditorsDecember 12, 2013

A test for the U.S. in the troubled waters of the East China Sea.

The world remembering Mandela: Children hold candles in a tribute to the former South African president in Karachi, Pakistan, on Dec. 6.
Signs Of the Times

As South Africans prepared for the memorial service for Nelson Mandela on Dec. 10, tributes from around the world poured in, acclaiming a man who steered South Africa away from certain conflict and through a slow, sometimes painful process of reconciliation—one that is in many ways ongoing.Des

Woman exits McDonald's while fast-food workers protest for higher wages in New York (CNS photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

Workers around the country stepped away from their jobs at fast-food restaurants and other low-wage sites on Dec. 4 in protests demanding improved wages. Workers and supporters say their wages are too low to support their families and that many as a result are forced to rely on government assistance

"Baseless": Archbishop Kurtz responds to A.C.L.U. suit.
Signs Of the Times

Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the USCCB, calls lawsuit “misguided” and “baseless."

Boston Cardinal O'Malley and Jesuit Father Lombardi lead press conference at the Vatican (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Signs Of the Times

Group will advise pope on ways to prevent abuse and provide pastoral care.

Signs Of the Times

Church leaders in the Central African Republic are hoping the arrival of U.N. troops will end bloodshed in Bangui, where at least 16 people were killed on Dec. 5 after the city was attacked by supporters of former President François Bozizé. • At a hearing on capitol hill on Dec. 5, Rev. Larry