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February 17, 2014

Vol. 210 / No. 5

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Residents fill up containers of water after chemical spill in West Virginia. (CNS photo/Lisa Hechesky, Reuters)
Current Comment

The devastating chemical spill in West Virginia shows need for greater oversight.

Of Other Things
Luke HansenFebruary 04, 2014

It is important for believers to step back and critically reflect on our practices as fans.

Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Signs Of the Times

The Vatican Congregation for Religious hopes to release its final report on the 2009-10 visitation of U.S. women’s communities “soon.” Speaking to reporters on Jan. 31 at the Vatican, Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Cons

Farmed in the U.S.A: Grain arrives in South Sudan. International food assistance is just one component of the complex farm bill.
Signs Of the Times

The House finally passed a five-year farm bill on Jan. 29, more than a year after the previous agriculture program expired and two days before a stopgap extension was itself set to expire. While Catholic groups and other rural advocates had been urging passage of a farm bill, their enthusiasm for th

“Superpope” graffiti has sprouted up on buildings around Vatican City. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

The global pope-apalooza continued in January as Pope Francis was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and in “superpope” graffiti that sprouted up on buildings around Vatican City. • It was announced on Jan. 27 that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melkite Ar

People rally in Washington for comprehensive immigration reform. (CNS photo/Larry Downing, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

House Republicans released a one-page set of “standards for immigration reform” during their annual retreat in Cambridge, Md., on Jan. 29. Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration,

Migrants and others cross the Suchiate River where it forms a border between Guatemala and Mexico Dec. 18. The river crossing is part of the main route that Central American migrants follow on their way north. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)
Signs Of the Times

Number of unaccompanied minors apprehended at U.S. border doubled last year.