July 21-28, 2014

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Editorials

After Hobby Lobby
The editors respond to the Supreme Court ruling

Framing the court ruling as a victory for religious freedom, while accurate, is perhaps too narrow.

Current Comment

Government efforts have shifted homeless from tourist spots to other parts of the city.

Articles

My Father’s War
Raymond A. Schroth

The German army goose-stepping into Brussels on Aug.

A Broken World
Dennis A. Castillo

This year marks the centenary of one of the greatest disasters humanity ever brought upon itself, the First World War.

The Living Word
And the Word Went Viral
Mary E. Hess

Mary E. Hess on finding God at the intersection of Scripture and popular media

A World at War
Oliver P. Rafferty

A Catholic chaplain wrote from the front in 1915, in the face of bloodletting on an almost unimaginable scale, words that have lost none of their accuracy and powe

Of Other Things
An Age of Consent
Bill McGarvey

In combatting sexual assault on campus, is there a middle ground between “Just say no” and “Please sign here”?

Books and Culture

Art
An Endless Experiment
Leo J. O'Donovan
“Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010" is at the Museum of Modern Art in New York through Aug. 3.
Books
Courage Too Rare
Brenna Moore
While scholarly literature about the Holocaust is vast and continually expanding, writings about the mem
Books
His Signature Message
Richard Lennan
One of the many expressions of the “Francis effect” is the renewed prominence of “mercy.” Pope Francis,
Books
Seeing Things As They Are
James R. Kelly
We know for sure that someone is permanently relevant when his or her name becomes an adjective.

Columns and Departments

The Word
The New and the Old
John W. Martens
The Word
A Tangible Love
John W. Martens
Faith in Focus
Unfinished Houses
John J. McLaughlin
Building the kingdom on God’s time
Faith in Focus
The Man With One Leg
Francis T. (Fay) Vincent, Jr
An early encounter with death
Columns
Community of Creation
Daniel P. Horan
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
Poem
Skeletal Prayer
John Davis Jr.
Letters
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