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A Tale of Two Countries

September 21, 2015

Vol. / No. 7

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Philosopher's Notebook
John J. Conley, S.J.September 08, 2015

The euthanasia juggernaut has become a campaign to eliminate the disabled.

FAMILY GATHERING. A Pew study finds that U.S. Catholics have a high level of acceptance for "nontraditional" family arrangements.
Signs Of the Times

The four major themes of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States—social and economic justice, environmental stewardship, immigration and the value of the traditional family—will resonate with many U.S. Catholics, but not all. That’s according to a new survey by Pew

India on strike.
Signs Of the Times

The Michigan Catholic Conference sent letters to more than 10,000 employees in late August warning them about possible identity theft after a cyber attack on an employee database. • Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria, joined the members of the #BringBackOurGirls movement on Au

A migrant seeks medical attention for a child suffering with heatstroke in the village of Roszke, Hungary, Sept. 7. (CNS photo/Laszlo Balogh, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times
David StewartSeptember 08, 2015

The Calais migrants emerge as real people, some of whom even go to church.

Pope Francis, seen praying during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 26, has issued a letter offering a series of instances in which absolution can be granted during the Year of Mercy. (CNS photo/Ettore Ferrari, EPA)
Signs Of the Times

Pope Francis’ announcement on Sept. 1 that priests worldwide will be able to absolve women for the sin of abortion will have little effect on pastoral practices in the United States and Canada. “It is my understanding that the faculty [authorization] for the priest to lift the latae sent

An American Airlines ground crew unloads baggage at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in late March. Labor Day, honoring working people of America, is observed Sept. 7 this year. (CNS photo/Jim West)
Signs Of the Times

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami cited the importance of work in supporting families in the U.S. bishops’ 2015 Labor Day statement, which drew on Pope Francis’ June encyclical on ecology, “Laudato Si’.” Archbishop Wenski said ,“We must not resign ourselves to

BORDER PRESS. Exhuastion at an attempted crossing between Macedonia and Greece, near the town of Gevgelija, Macedonia.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin ClarkeSeptember 08, 2015

What has been described as the worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II reached a crescendo in early September as thousands of people fleeing Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern calamity zones piled up against hastily erected barricades on the outskirts of Europe. But European sentiment,