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July 16, 2012

Vol. 207 / No. 2

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Catholic Book Club
Drew ChristiansenJuly 16, 2012

When historians write the history of the development of our political ideas and institutions this past quarter century they would be amply justified to label it ldquo an unexpected revolution rdquo For beginning in the early 1990s there has been a proliferation of new practices and institutions

Columns
Thomas J. MassaroJuly 16, 2012

I collect encyclicals the way some people collect baseball cards.

Current Comment
The EditorsJuly 16, 2012

Health Care Benefits; More Than PR; 'Free-Market' Prisons

Signs Of the Times

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone called for free universal access to AIDS drugs and therapy and insisted this begin by giving antiretroviral drugs to H.I.V.-positive pregnant women.

Signs Of the Times

The economic downturn that has been a hardship for Americans has had a greater impact on the elderly in Cuba, who increasingly struggle to fend for themselves.

Signs Of the Times

In Belfast on June 27, Queen Elizabeth of Britain shook hands with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander.

Signs Of the Times

The U.S. bishops' conference urged changes on abortion funding, conscience protection and immigrants’ access to health care.