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October 6, 2014

Vol. 211 / No. 9

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FOREVER YOUNG. Max Crumm as Matt and Samantha Bruce as Luisa in “The Fantasticks”
Theater
Michael V. Tueth, S.J.September 24, 2014

In the late 1950s, Broadway and Off Broadway theater had become a bit grim. The major hits of the era presented a rather pessimistic view of life, especially of the family: the home as prison (“A Raisin in the Sun,” “The Miracle Worker”), monster parents (“Gypsy”)

The Word
John W. MartensSeptember 24, 2014

There is no more compelling image for the city of God than that of the banquet drawing as it does on the common experiences of good food and drink I remember the cities I have visited by the food I ate in them so this picture of the feast resonates at a deep human level Feasts recall times of j

Columns
James Martin, S.J.September 24, 2014

Seeing Rome, our faith and a disembodied arm through eyes of two young nephews.

Priest hears confession of clergy member in St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Current Comment
The EditorsSeptember 24, 2014

Lawsuit in Baton Rouge, La., challenges the confidentiality of confessional seal.

Of Other Things
Daniel P. HoranSeptember 24, 2014

Augustine’s vision of life before the Fall looks a lot like world in which 'The Giver' opens.

Reply All
Our readersSeptember 24, 2014

False Mercy“The Message of Mercy” (9/15) brought out the nature of mercy very beautifully, but Cardinal Walter Kasper lost me at the conclusion. The church already tolerates “brother and sister” arrangements for the sake of re-admittance to the sacraments and allows the conti

Manila floods
Signs Of the Times

According to a Vatican statement released on Sept. 20, Pope Francis has created a “special commission for the study of reform of the canonical matrimonial process” that will seek to simplify the procedure, “making it more streamlined, and safeguarding the principle of the indi