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February 24, 2014

Vol. 210 / No. 6

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Of Other Things
Maurice Timothy ReidyFebruary 11, 2014

Anyone who has read about Bob Dylan’s early career knows that he shares a common trait with the eponymous hero of "Inside Llewyn Davis." Both of them could be, well, jerks.

Homs, Syria
Signs Of the Times

An emotional Cardinal Luis Tagle of Manila, Philippines, welcomed U.S. Catholic leaders on Feb. 3 to review recovery efforts after Typhoon Haiyan, saying that the work to rebuild devastated communities can show the world a church united in the service of people in need. • A statement released b

Soccer Wars: Riot police tangle with Brazilians protesting excessive spending on the 2014 FIFA World cup in July 2013.
Signs Of the Times

Construction for 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics in Brazil sparks protests.

Signs Of the Times

Almost two weeks after the national March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., the Guttmacher Institute reported a 13 percent drop in national abortion rates between 2008 and 2011, making for the lowest rate since 1973, when abortion on demand was legalized in the United States. “No evidence wa

Documents Delayed: a news conference following the release of Chicago archdiocesan files on past cases of clergy sexual abuse, Jan. 21.
Signs Of the Times
Kevin ClarkeFebruary 11, 2014

Bureaucratic overreach, a fundamental misunderstanding of the interplay of canon law with secular authority, a headline-grabbing “food fight”: these are just some of the criticisms of a recent broadside from a United Nations committee reviewing the Vatican’s global record on the pr

Signs Of the Times

Reports from bishops’ conferences in Germany and Switzerland show a clear divergence between what the church teaches on marriage, sexuality and family life and what Catholics—even those active in parish life—personally believe. The differences are seen “above all when it come