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Signs Of the Times

“Without accountability for the past there will be no healing and no trust for the future,” Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said.

Columns
Margaret Silf
If we can fall so easily through one little choice, what about the rising?
Signs Of the Times

A study reports that Latinos who have left the church since 1990 have shifted toward secularism as they become more Americanized.

Current Comment
The Editors
Strategic Divide with Israel; Achieving Step One in Health Care
Art
Karen Sue Smith

James Tissot’s paintings of Jesus' life and death are signs of a vibrant Christian imagination.

Poetry
Robert F. Morneau

Here is the coin carried by John of the Cross.

Books
John W. OMalley
Diarmaid MacCulloch's 'Christianity' begins a millennium before the birth of Christ.
Signs Of the Times

Vulnerable populations affected by wars and internal conflicts were among the major concerns highlighted in the report.

Kathleen Norris
A reflection on the meaning of Easter
Signs Of the Times

More than 26 groups say their calls for a new model of development in Haiti are being ignored.

Editorials
The Editors
Despite our best efforts as believers, it is often hard to see the glory for the gloom.
Television
Maurice Timothy Reidy

What makes “The Pacific” worth watching is the opportunity to observe the genesis of a new global order.

In All Things
Austen Ivereigh
News in the UK has been dominated this weekend by the religious equivalent of a diplomatic row In comments to be broadcast tomorrow on a BBC radio programme the Archbishop of Canterbury said the Church in Ireland had lost all credibility over its handling of sex abuse nbsp The comment provoked
The Good Word
John W. Martens
While they were talking and discussing Jesus himself came near and went with them but their eyes were kept from recognizing him And he said to them What are you discussing with each other while you walk along They stood still looking sad Then one of them whose name was Cleopas answered h
In All Things
Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
Cambridge MA I am sure that by now regular readers of In All Things have figured out that I am not particularly well-connected in ecclesial circles and certainly have no inside scoop on the Vatican But I can use the internet and read And so when I was disheartened by the latest uproar at the V
In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
This year the religious symbolism of Easter could not be more resonant for the Catholic Church Each day from Good Friday to Easter Sunday offers the Church a profound spiritual message as it confronts the horrific effects of the crimes of clerical sexual abuse which have convulsed the church fir
In All Things
Vincent J. Miller
Yesterday we attended a Good Friday justice walk modeled on the Stations of the Cross nbsp Living in a new town I had hoped that it would provide an entry into the suffering struggles and salvation of this place nbsp It was sponsored by a broad coalition of local churches and justice groups
In All Things
Michael Sean Winters
Good Friday is too solemn a day for blogging especially about something as ephemeral as politics But today with the Church besieged by scandal I hope that pastors who are called upon to preach will preach about the scandal of the Cross We have lost that sense of the Cross When we see a cross a
In All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Yes you read that right nbsp America has nbsp published--posted--its first article ever in Spanish nbsp Yes a bit late given the predominance of Spanish-speaking Catholics in this country but better late than jam aacute s nbsp The story A few months ago I was invited to speak at this year
In All Things
Kerry Weber
According to a 2004 study of the lifetime distribution of health care costs the per-capita lifetime expenditure for women is one-third higher than for men 361 200 and 268 700 respectively And that s for those with insurance The study used data from 3 75 million Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mich