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Palestinians celebrate a cease-fire in Gaza City Aug. 26. Catholic aid officials say they hope the Egyptian-brokered Israeli-Hamas cease-fire proposal will hold. (CNS photo/Mohammed Saber, EPA)
Signs Of the Times

Catholic aid organizations are hopeful that the most recent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas will hold as they begin to assess the needs in Gaza after 50 days of war. “This is a window of opportunity,” said Sami El-Yousef, Catholic Near East Welfare Association’s regional direct

Robert Silvers in "The 50 Year Argument"
Arts & Culture Of Other Things
Maurice Timothy ReidySeptember 02, 2014

The nature of reading is private, but part of the thrill of reading a magazine is the knowledge that others are reading the same material at roughly the same time.

Of Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.September 02, 2014

Without mercy the world will fail to realize the true peace for which every heart longs.

Vatican's doctrinal congregation finds archbishop guilty of sexual abuse of minors and orders laicization. (CNS photo/Orlando Barria, EPA)
Signs Of the Times
Gerard O’ConnellSeptember 02, 2014

The Vatican has clarified the current legal standing of its former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, Jozef Wesolowski, and has denied allegations that it acted in a manner meant to shield him from judicial proceedings in that Latin American state or in his native Poland. Wesolowski is accused of the

Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’ConnellSeptember 02, 2014

‘The Catholic Church in Korea has hit the jackpot with Pope Francis!” That’s what Thomas Hong-Soon Han told me in Seoul as the pontiff’s amazingly successful visit ended. He believes many Koreans will now want to join the church because of Francis, but he’s not sure it&

Michael Brown's mother is comforted during his funeral in St. Louis. (CNS photo/Robert Cohen, pool via EPA)
Editorials
The EditorsSeptember 02, 2014

Conversations about racism must continue long after #ferguson fades from Twitter feeds.

Miami archbishop concelebrates opening Mass of annual Knights of Columbus convention in Florida. (CNS photo/Tom Tracy)
Signs Of the Times
Tim PadgettSeptember 02, 2014

Floridians increasingly see gay marriage as a weightier question of civil rights.