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Creating ‘Silence’

December 19-26, 2016

Vol. 215 / No. 19

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Politics & Society Current Comment
The EditorsDecember 06, 2016

One of the signs of a functioning democracy is confidence in data from the government.

Politics & Society Current Comment
The EditorsDecember 06, 2016

No civilized society can remain indifferent to the clear suffering of so many at this time.

Politics & Society Current Comment
The EditorsDecember 06, 2016

Like any technology, it depends on how we use it.

Teacher Matt Gring talks with his students in the third grade at St. Ambrose Catholic School, a Notre Dame ACE Academy, in Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 23, 2014. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)
Faith Philosopher's Notebook
John J. Conley, S.J.December 06, 2016

Courage can erupt in the most unexpected corners.

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., who served from 1983 to 2008 as the 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, died in Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 26, just four days shy of his 88th birthday. • In a report released on Nov. 30, Caritas Europa charged that austerity policies have left 120 million p

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

Presidents of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities pledged themselves to “protect to the fullest extent of the law undocumented students on our campuses” and to “promote retention of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program” in a statement released on Nov. 30. The pr

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

The Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan said he was horrified to see widespread devastation and what he called “ghost towns” during a recent visit to northern Iraq. He said by email that there was little left in some of the communities that he toured on Nov. 27-29 and that