EDITORIALS

Current Comment

Natural Treasures at Risk; Norman Borlaug, RIP By The editors

Siege Mentality

A report on Israeli conduct in Gaza offers a depressing collection of cautionary tales. By The editors

ARTICLES

A Fiery Gift

A meditation on birth and the spiritual life By Susan Windley-Daoust

God Makes a Comeback

John Micklethwait on the persistence of belief in a secular age By Austen Ivereigh

Looking for Love

Encountering the problem of pain By M. M. Hubele

BOOKS & CULTURE

TELEVISION

Manhattan Gothic

‘Mad Men’ and the shock of recognition By Terrance W. Klein

BOOKS

After Alice

The emergence of a new kind of Catholic novel By Robert E. Lauder

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

Classrooms for Peace

Are we serving the poor as they seek to educate themselves? By Maryann Cusimano Love

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Climate Change Delegation Urges Attention to Poor, Survey Examines Profiles of Religious Activists, Pope Prays for Afghan Troops and Civilians, more ...

FAITH IN FOCUS

A Life Freely Given

The ministry of a Catholic sister and physician By Patricia Talone

OF MANY THINGS

The story of a late vocation By George M. Anderson

POEM

Mary’s Cat

By Ethel Pochocki

BOOK REVIEWS

News of the World, Fires of Faith, Neither Beast Nor God, The Case for God, Strength in What Remains, Closing Time, A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church

THE WORD

Just One Thing

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Oct. 11, 2009 By Barbara E. Reid

LETTERS

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When Priests Leave the Church

How common is Alberto Cutie's journey to Protestant ministry? By Stephen Joseph Fichter