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November 3, 2014

Vol. 211 / No. 13

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Of Other Things
Bill McGarveyOctober 23, 2014

Though it might sound like a whodunit, 'Calvary' feels more like the movie version of what Percy called a 'philosophical novel.'

Member of Christian community holds placard during rally to condemn suicide attack on church in Pakistan.
Signs Of the Times

A five-year court odyssey for a Pakistani Christian mother of five will continue after an appeals court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 16 upheld a death sentence for “blasphemy.” Asia Bibi, 45, has been imprisoned since 2009 while appealing her conviction. Accused by co-workers after a dis

Children encouraged to wash hands at Ebola sensitization program in Liberia.
Signs Of the Times

Ever since Frank Mulbah’s mother died of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, in August, no one will go near him. “I went to my relatives after my mother died, but they chased me away, even after I told them that I didn’t have Ebola,” said Frank, 12, who tested negative for Ebola at t

Signs Of the Times
Judith ValenteOctober 23, 2014

Jordan Becker has close-cropped dark hair, a trim goatee and bulging biceps from lifting weights daily at the gym. Becker did not always look this way. A photograph of Becker at age 4 shows a smiling little girl with ringlet curls in a frilly dress. “My mother had to pay me to wear that dress,

Mexico's Missing
Signs Of the Times

The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said on Oct. 14 that it hoped that a $9.95 million settlement of abuse claims “can bring about some closure to those hurt by abuse in the past.”• Alaska’s Gov. Sean Parnell said in a statement released on Oct. 12 that his administration wi

PERMANENT STATUS? An Iraqi child, who fled from ISIS militants in mosul, outside her tent at a camp in Erbil in September.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin ClarkeOctober 23, 2014

Church agencies are rushing to prepare shelters so refugee can last through the winter.

FINAL WORDS. Pope Francis talks with Italian Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi as they leave the synod’s concluding session on Oct. 18. At right is Italian Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops.
Signs Of the Times

After several days of animated debate over its official midterm report, the Synod of Bishops on the Family agreed on a final document more clearly grounded in traditional Catholic teaching. The assembly failed to reach consensus on the especially controversial questions of Communion for those who ar