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February 24, 2014

Vol. 210 / No. 6

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Books
Michael V. TuethMarch 12, 2014

Dozens of well-known American and British actresses have portrayed religious women in film Some of them mdash Jennifer Jones in ldquo The Song of Bernadette rdquo and Susan Sarandon in ldquo Dead Man Walking rdquo mdash won Academy Awards for their performances There have been nuns who broke i

Books
John P. McCarthyMarch 12, 2014

The dysfunction that plagues Washington D C is usually attributed to ideological division and the attendant unwillingness to compromise A contrary explanation is discernible in Mark Leibovich rsquo s chatty book This Town According to Leibovich ldquo the city far from being hopelessly divide

Books
Jon M. SweeneyMarch 12, 2014

There have been many famous letters and letter-writers in history One thinks immediately of Cicero who made it an art form Then of course we have St Paul who filled his letters to early Christian communities with advice and doctrine news from the front and occasional scoldings One also thin

Diogo Morgado as Jesus in “Son of God”
Film
David J. MichaelFebruary 11, 2014

The “Son of God” will probably enjoy box-office success. But does that justify portraying the Son of God as a blockbuster movie hero?

Faith The Word
John W. MartensFebruary 11, 2014

My parents spoke German at home when they did not want the children to know what was being discussed which was often the children themselves It is a method parents use with varying success depending upon how well they have passed on the mother tongue I was not very old when I heard my parents d

 Pope Francis greets a boy during a visit to a Caritas center for the homeless near the Termini rail station in Rome Dec. 18. The pope opened a Door of Mercy at the center. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, handout)
Faith Columns
Kerry WeberFebruary 11, 2014

A more deliberate approach to sacrifice during this Lenten season

Homeless family living out of car pose for photo in Detroit. (CNS photo/Jim West)
Current Comment
The EditorsFebruary 11, 2014

States should pay attention to Utah's solution to chronic homelessness.