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November 10, 2014

Vol. 211 / No. 14

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RESOURCE CURSE. A mountaintop removal near Charleston, W.Va. The technique has flattened more than 500 mountains throughout central Appalachia.
Signs Of the Times

Bishop calls for stronger monitoring and transparency in coal mining practices.

Protesters carry banner in front of White House during immigration march and rally
Signs Of the Times

President Obama’s promised executive actions to fix parts of the immigration system will not come until after the Nov. 4 elections, but some analysts are predicting anything he does will be treated contentiously, with legal challenges and calls for impeachment. Nevertheless, the possibility th

Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete
Signs Of the Times

Recalling the words of St. John Paul II—“Don’t be afraid! Open your hearts wide to Christ”— Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., of Ottawa urged Canadians to remain steadfast after a shooting that left a Canadian soldier dead on Oct. 22. • Twelve Chaldean religio

Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’ConnellOctober 29, 2014

The recent extraordinary assembly of the Synod of Bishops is likely to go down as a milestone in the history of the church. It was the first time since Paul VI established this organ of collegiality on Sept. 15, 1965, that the assembly “truly functioned as a synod and not a staged gathering of