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February 3, 2014

Vol. 210 / No. 3

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The Word
John W. MartensJanuary 22, 2014

In the midst of a recent arctic freeze in Minnesota I sent out a tweet ldquo Best part of a polarvortex is ability to be in a warm house and to cozy up and enjoy time with the family Pray for those who are not warm rdquo Someone known on Twitter as RiskyLiberal read my tweet and found it l

Columns
Margot PattersonJanuary 22, 2014

What can we learn from the trials and missteps of the founding fathers?

Current Comment
The EditorsJanuary 22, 2014

Challenges ahead for parents and regulators as legal recreational marijuana sales begin

Philosopher's Notebook
John J. Conley, S.J.January 22, 2014

More than ever, the cross exposes the pretensions of our threadbare metaphysical systems.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
Signs Of the Times

A new Web resource at www.sj2014.net, commemorating the restoration of the Society of Jesus in 1814, was launched in January. • New Mexico’s Catholic bishops said they strongly oppose the “authorization of assisted suicide by the state” after a court in Albuquerque ruled on Ja

A man runs while carrying a child who survived what activists say was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo Jan. 21. (CNS photo/Ammar Abdullah, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

A Vatican study group is urging world leaders to stop the flow of arms into Syria and to press for an immediate and complete cease-fire there without political preconditions. “Political transformation is needed,” its written statement said, but “it is not a precondition for ending

People gather near the damaged Shalom Church after deadly bombing in 2012 in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna. (CNS photo/Stringer via Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

A Pew Research Center study issued on Jan. 14 shows another increase in hostility toward religion by most of the world’s 198 nations. The share of countries with a high or very high level of social hostility involving religion reached a six-year peak in 2012, the study said. The number of nati