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February 17, 2014

Vol. 210 / No. 5

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Residents fill up containers of water after chemical spill in West Virginia. (CNS photo/Lisa Hechesky, Reuters)
Current Comment

The devastating chemical spill in West Virginia shows need for greater oversight.

Of Other Things
Luke HansenFebruary 04, 2014

It is important for believers to step back and critically reflect on our practices as fans.

Migrants and others cross the Suchiate River where it forms a border between Guatemala and Mexico Dec. 18. The river crossing is part of the main route that Central American migrants follow on their way north. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)
Signs Of the Times

Number of unaccompanied minors apprehended at U.S. border doubled last year.

Next Generation: Young workers in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam.
Signs Of the Times

The U.N.’s International Labor Organization in January offered a sobering review of global labor conditions and projections for the future that were not much more heartening. According to I.L.O. researchers, almost 202 million people around the world were unemployed during 2013, an increase of

Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Signs Of the Times

The Vatican Congregation for Religious hopes to release its final report on the 2009-10 visitation of U.S. women’s communities “soon.” Speaking to reporters on Jan. 31 at the Vatican, Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Cons

Farmed in the U.S.A: Grain arrives in South Sudan. International food assistance is just one component of the complex farm bill.
Signs Of the Times

The House finally passed a five-year farm bill on Jan. 29, more than a year after the previous agriculture program expired and two days before a stopgap extension was itself set to expire. While Catholic groups and other rural advocates had been urging passage of a farm bill, their enthusiasm for th

“Superpope” graffiti has sprouted up on buildings around Vatican City. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)
Signs Of the Times

The global pope-apalooza continued in January as Pope Francis was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and in “superpope” graffiti that sprouted up on buildings around Vatican City. • It was announced on Jan. 27 that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melkite Ar