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When no news is not good news.

“I understand the temperature on Mars is going up, and we don’t have any SUVs there.”

Secular holidays, actually constituting a quasi-sacred calendar, span the entire year: From New Year’s Day, the King Holiday, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, and now, at long last, Thanksgiving Day.

As budget cuts are hotly debated in the House, Godonomics comes along to tell us “what the Almighty says about the almighty dollar.” Finally.

Anatomy of a cross-cultural study.

Don’t worry, it’s mostly aesthetic.

The doctor dances with settlers.

Contrasting the pope’s gracious tone with the U.S. bishops’ opposition to ENDA

Francis is attempting to bridge two pastoral approaches, evangelization and a preferential option for the poor, that have been at odds with each other in the Global South. But will he accomplish either?

Pope Francis turned heads with statements that suggest a course correction in the church’s attitude toward gays and women, but ultimately it’ll be what ministry, decision-making power, and moral authority women share that will answer the question.