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God and the Candidates

September 19, 2016

Vol. 215 / No. 7

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Carter and Ford debate domestic policy at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. (WikiCommons photo)
Current Comment
The EditorsSeptember 08, 2016

We are anxious to find out whether the candidates can engage in the give-and-take with journalists that is essential in a functioning democracy.

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Philosopher's Notebook
John J. Conley, S.J.September 08, 2016

Appalled by both Hillary and the Donald?

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Faith Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’ConnellSeptember 08, 2016

"Mother Teresa, in all aspects of her life, was a generous dispenser of divine mercy."

Louis Sako (CNS/Paul Haring)
Signs Of the Times

Louis Sako called for Muslims to "show the real face of Islam."

Signs Of the Times

A judge in California ruled on Aug. 26 that a group of doctors could continue a court challenge to the state’s new assisted-suicide law but that the law would not be put on hold while they did so. • While hailing a peace agreement that ended 50 years of civil conflict in Colombia, Pope Fr

The Georgetown campus. (Wikicommons)
Signs Of the Times
Michael J. O’LoughlinSeptember 08, 2016

In order to come to terms with the sale of 272 slaves to two Louisiana businessmen in 1838, Georgetown University and the Jesuits of Maryland should offer a formal apology and enact a series of reforms. They include renaming buildings, offering financial aid to the descendants of those slaves and co

(CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Signs Of the Times

To promote Catholic social teaching and ensure appropriate assistance to vulnerable people—especially victims of war, refugees and the sick—Pope Francis has established a new Vatican office. In a letter initiated by him and published by the Vatican on Aug. 31, the pope said the new Dicas