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Death and New Life

October 5, 2015

Vol. 213 / No. 9

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Faith Books
John A. ColemanSeptember 22, 2015

This stellar biography shows a truly courageous and holy man but also deeply unjust and humiliating actions by some church officials.

CATHOLIC DAD. Jim and Jeannie (Ashley Williams) spend quality time with the kids.
Television
Jake MartinSeptember 22, 2015

‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ delivers

Poetry
Daniel J. O'ConnellSeptember 22, 2015

We will live on a paved street or a roughAlley left between walls, almost forgotten,Or on the bank of a dry river bedWith rose petals running over jagged stone,Or we will live, naked as bees, in a patchworkForest stitched with water drawn from the sky’s groin.Sooner or later we will find ourse

The Word
John W. MartensSeptember 22, 2015

An elected county clerk in Rowan County Ky Kim Davis was jailed for refusing to grant marriage licenses She is required by law to offer marriage licenses to same-sex couples which she refused to do since it affronts her understanding of the nature of marriage as a Christian The situation has

Yemeni mourners gather beside the coffins of the victims of recent suicide attacks during a funeral in Sana'a, Yemen, March 25. (CNS photo/Yahya Arhab, EPA)
Current Comment
The EditorsSeptember 22, 2015

Bombings in Yemen, which have become random and daily, have devastated a country that is among the poorest in the world.

Arts & Culture Of Other Things
Edward W. Schmidt, S.J.September 22, 2015

I know there are apps upon apps out there waiting for me. But I cannot download a one.

FEED THE HUNGRY. Canned goods at the Helping Hand Outreach Program at the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Washington.
Signs Of the Times

Seeking to create awareness about poverty in the United States and to stand in solidarity with Pope Francis’ commitment to the poor, Catholic Charities USA has launched a new national campaign. Donna Markham, a Dominican sister, discussed the effort on Sept. 10 in her first address as presiden