EDITORIALS

Power in The Present

A spiritual challenge for tough economic times By Blase Cupich

Truth and Prosecution

Congress should strive to bring to light the Bush administration's crimes against liberty. By The editors

ARTICLES

A Little Patience

The fifth in a series for Lent By Patricia A. Kossmann

Animal Welfare

Our Responsibility to All Creation By Kate Blake

Tushar Gandhi's Nonviolent Path

in India in the 21st century there are few true Gandhians left. By Robert Hirschfield

BOOKS & CULTURE

ART

The Everyday Cross

By Leo O'Donovan

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

A Covenant to Serve

'New Orleans' inimitable civic spirit has been revived.' By John J. DiIulio Jr.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Gold Mining Loses Its Luster, Calls for New Colombian Policy, Coalition Addresses Climate Change, more ...

OF MANY THINGS

A rip-roaring story of 21st-century humanitarianism By Drew Christiansen

NEWS

Signs of the Times

By From CNS, staff and other sources

BOOK REVIEWS

Medicine, Religion, and Health, The Women, Parallel Empires

THE WORD

Made Perfect

Fifth Sunday of Lent (B), March 29, 2009 By Barbara E. Reid

LETTERS

WEB ONLY

2009 Lenten & Easter Reflections

By The Editors