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December 9-16, 2013

Vol. 209 / No. 18

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A woman holds a placard as she joins a protest March 24 in Tel Aviv, Israel, against a possible attack on Iran's nuclear facilities (CNS photo/Nir Elias, Reuters)
Current Comment
The EditorsNovember 26, 2013

The editors on Iranian détente, China's one-child policy and reforming U.S. prisons.

Philosopher's Notebook
John J. Conley, S.J.November 26, 2013

For Marcel a society defined by material possessions ends up considering life itself a joke.

STORM WARNING. A girl reviews the devastated waterfront of Guiuan, Philippines, on Nov. 19. Did global warming contribute to the ferocity of Typhoon Haiyan?
Signs Of the Times

Climate change represents an “ethical challenge to civilization,” said the Vatican’s lead representative to a U.N. conference reviewing the phenomenon’s worldwide impact. Archbishop Celestino Migliore said that the Vatican would help “form consciences and ethical perspe

Woman washes clothes on diocesan compound in Central African Republic (CNS photo/courtesy Bishop Nongo)
Signs Of the Times

Rebels in the Central African Republic are targeting Christians, the local bishop says.

Volunteer carries bags of food for Emergency Assistance Department at Chicago Catholic Charities (CNS photo/Jim Young, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta and Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Savannah called on lawmakers in Washington to listen to the needs of the hungry at home and abroad as they negotiate the 2013 farm bill. One of the most contentious issues is the bill’s nutrition provision, which includ

Redemptorist Father Alec Reid in 2010 (CNS photo/courtesy The Irish Catholic)
Signs Of the Times

In a world where profit reigns over human dignity, solidarity has become a “dirty word” and risks being removed from the dictionary, Pope Francis said in a video message aired on Nov. 21 during the third Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church in Verona, Italy. • Alec Reid, th

Standing water is seen in the altar area Nov. 20 of the roofless St. Lawrence the Martyr Church in the coastal Philippine town of Balangig,a devastated by super typhoon Haiyan (CNS photo/Nathan Layne, Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

Weeks after Typhoon Haiyan tore through the central Philippines, Catholic aid workers were continuing their emergency response. “The needs are basically huge,” said Sandra Harlass, an emergency relief coordinator for Malteser International, after returning to Manila from communities acro