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Sept. 1-8, 2014

Vol. 211 / No. 5

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The Word
John W. MartensAugust 19, 2014

We are called to travel many paths some that challenge us others that inspire us To trust in God is to trust that whatever path we are now on is the one that will ultimately bring us to the Promised Land This is easy to say especially when one rsquo s path is not meandering through war zones or

Columns
James Martin, S.J.August 19, 2014

In their dignity and in their hard work, the poor can often be our models.

President Obama with African leaders on the final day of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 6, 2014. (State Department photo/Public Domain)
Current Comment
The EditorsAugust 19, 2014

First-ever African leaders summit highlights continent's growing economies.

Of Other Things
Michael Rossmann, S.J.August 19, 2014

I can pass thousands of people without anyone saying a single word to me.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signed an anti-homosexuality bill into law in Entebbe on Feb. 24, 2014. (CNS photo/James Akena, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

Uganda’s gay rights supporters caught a glimpse of hope on Aug. 1 when the country’s constitutional court ruled that the December 2013 parliamentary vote to pass the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was illegal because of the below-quorum attendance. The new law, hailed by the Ugandan president a

Demonstrators from various religions gather during protest in Iraq against militants of Islamic State. (CNS photo/Azad Lashkari, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

“Thousands of people, including many Christians, driven from their homes in a brutal manner; children dying of thirst and hunger in their flight; women kidnapped; people massacred; violence of every kind”—Pope Francis was clear in his condemnation of the actions of the militants of

PEACEMAKING. Father Robert Rosebrough of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Ferguson, Mo., leads a prayer vigil for peace on Aug. 11.
Signs Of the Times

As groups across the country held vigils to remember Michael Brown, a teenager whose death on Aug. 9 has sparked a wave of unrest in his Missouri hometown and raised questions about racial profiling and police militarization, religious leaders in the St. Louis area called upon “all people to p