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December 1, 2014

Vol. 211 / No. 17

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Of Other Things
Kevin ClarkeNovember 19, 2014

It has been mocked by David Letterman and Steven Colbert. On Twitter, the comedian Louis C. K. complains that his kids used to love math, but now “it makes them cry.” Tea Party conservatives have pummeled it as another menacing tentacle of a vast left-wing conspiracy to “big-brothe

Nun marches with mourners before the arrival of body of former South African President Nelson Mandela in Mthatha.
Signs Of the Times
Anthony Egan, S.J.November 19, 2014

South Africa’s Parliamentary portfolio committee on justice and correctional service heard that the Office of the Public Protector, the constitutionally created watchdog on public affairs oversight, was insolvent. According to reports, the office’s assets were valued at just under R1 mil

Recovering from botched sterilizations
Signs Of the Times

Commenting on the deaths of 13 young mothers at government-run sterilization camps in India’s central Chhattisgarh State on Nov. 12, Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu said the guilty should be punished, but “the systemic faults behind this tragedy must be exposed and corrected.” &bull

HEADING UP OR DOWN? A Way of the Cross procession in Gonçalves, Brazil. Home to the largest Catholic population on earth, Brazil will no longer have a Catholic majority by 2030.
Signs Of the Times

Is the “Francis effect” slowing the diminishment of Latin America’s Catholic population?

RALLY POINT. Demonstrators at the White House on Nov. 2 ask for immediate relief for “aspiring” Americans.
Signs Of the Times

Obama administration moves on immigration were drawing attention and pre-emptive opposition from Republican lawmakers, who will soon control Congress when the lame duck session ends in January. President Barack Obama was poised in mid-November to unveil a series of executive actions on immigration t

Signs Of the Times

As world leaders prepared to meet in Australia on Nov. 15-16 to continue looking at ways to improve the global economy, Pope Francis asked them “not to forget that many lives are at stake” behind their discussions and decisions. The measure of success of the Group of 20 heavily industria

Signs Of the Times

Catholic Relief Services committed an additional $1.5 million to programs aimed at countering Ebola in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea in November. The money is being used to train heath workers, ensure safe and dignified burials, develop and implement prevention awareness campaigns, maintain local