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Coming to Grips with Kosovo and Littleton
BY Mary Ellen Bork
May 16-22, 1999 Issue 
The fragile balance of political and culturalural conditions that make a fully human life possible have been tested in events in Kosovo and Littleton. Among the most basic of these conditions are the rule of law and respect for the human person.
In a perilously short time, the rule of law was... READ MORE
A Silence That Speaks Volumes
BY Ellen Wilson Fielding Article Digest
April 18-24, 1999 Issue
St. Joseph, Foster Father of Jesus
By Father John A. Hardon, SJ
(The Catholic Faith, March/April 1999)
Jesuit Father John A. Hardon, executive editor of Catholic Faith magazine, writes: “It is remarkable, how little the Holy Spirit says about famous people in the Bible. The classic example of this... READ MORE
Why Priests Are Single
BY Michael Keating
April 18-24, 1999 Issue
Priestly Celibacy Today
by Father Thomas McGovern
(Scepter Publishers, 1998, 248 pages, $12.95)
Father Thomas McGovern, an Opus Dei priest from Ireland, begins this excellent volume by noting that writing a book on celibacy could be regarded as a foolhardy undertaking.
The wider culture, after all,... READ MORE
Leaving No Debate Unjoined
BY Karl Keating
April 11-17, 1999 Issue
In Randall Jarrell's Pictures From an Institution, one of the characters says there are thirty hours in every day, “if only you know where to look for them.” Lucky man. I guess I don't know where to look. I've never found more than about eighteen useful hours and normally far fewer than that. What... READ MORE
Kids Whose Siblings Were Aborted
BY Father Frank Pavone
April 11-17, 1999 Issue
A woman reportedly told her nine-year-old son about an abortion she had had years before he was born. He responded, “I knew, Mom, that there was something wrong. I always have nightmares about knives and my mother killing me. I have an imaginary brother who wants to kill me. If you had not aborted... READ MORE
Lobbying for Life and Death At the U.N.
BY Edward Mulholland
April 11-17, 1999 Issue
If the following paragraph sounds at all confusing, imagine yourself appearing in the midst of a U.N. meeting as a first-time lobbyist, an amateur in the hallowed halls of international diplomacy. That's where I found myself recently, in the U.N. building in New York, wondering: Why are my... READ MORE
‘Feminine Genius’ Revealed on Good Friday
BY Thomas Williams lc
March 28 - April 3, 1999 Issue
Every year on the evening of Good Friday, after presiding at the celebration of the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope John Paul heads across town to the ancient Coliseum to lead worshipers in praying the Stations of the Cross. Flanked by torchbearers he makes his way slowly along the 14... READ MORE
A Peace and Justice Examination of Conscience
March 28 - April 3, 1999 Issue
by THE BISHOPS OF THE UNITED STATES
In their national meeting last November, the U.S. bishops addressed the topic of the role of the Christ's faithful in their document, Everyday Christianity: To Hunger and Thirst for Justice: Following are excerpts:
Social justice and the common good are built up... READ MORE
AVatican II Examination of Conscience
BY Pope John Paul II
March 28 - April 3, 1999 Issue
On March 1, the Holy Father addressed those associated with the work of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, which recently held an assembly. Following are excerpts from his remarks:
As the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: “Confirmation perfects baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which... READ MORE
On Bearing Christ’s Cross In New York
BY Raymonde J.De Souza
March 28 - April 3, 1999 Issue
New York is not often considered a place of pilgrimage. Author Peter Kreeft is fond of remarking that if God does not destroy New York, He will have to issue an apology to Sodom.
Perhaps so. But last year I celebrated the Paschal Triduum in New York and found it a marvelous place to do so. For in... READ MORE
Pitchforking God from the Universe
BY George Sim Johnston
March 14-20, 1999 Issue
The hottest ticket in London this winter was not for a rock concert or the latest Tom Stoppard play, but for a debate entitled, “Has Science Killed the Soul?” Richard Dawkins, who holds the Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford (endowed with Microsoft millions) drew a crowd of 2,300 to... READ MORE
Forging the Future America Forfeited
BY Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap
March 14-20, 1999 Issue
The Archdiocese of Denver sponsored the second annual Mile Hi Congress Feb. 25-27 with the theme, “On the Road to the Father,” focused on Catholic educators, both teachers in schools and parents in the home. Following are excerpts from Archbishop Chaput's address.
My theme this morning is “forming... READ MORE
The Confessio Shows the Real Saint Patrick
March 14-20, 1999 Issue
In his fifth-century Confessio, St. Patrick writes of how he evangelized Ireland's chieftains and royalty. He particularly notes how hard the work was because of his commitment to poverty and because of the taunts of those who misunderstood his work.
So, how is it that in Ireland, where they never... READ MORE
States Vouching for Catholic Schools
BY Robert Royal
March 07-13, 1999 Issue
In a little-noticed court case early this year, a federal judge decided that Christian landlords in Alaska may refuse to rent to unmarried couples on religious grounds. Those landlords, observed the judge, do not pose much of a threat to people's ability to find housing in today's America. Though... READ MORE
What the Pope Means by ‘Unconditionally Pro-Life’
BY Thomas Williams Lc
February 28-March 6, 1999 Issue
On his recent visit to St. Louis, Pope John Paul made quite a splash even among the secular media with his successful appeal for clemency to death row inmate Darrell Mease. On the morning after the Pope's departure, Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan signed the order that commuted Mease's death... READ MORE
Data Show Religion Keeps Homes Intact
BY Patrick Fagan
February 28-March 6, 1999 Issue
Most Americans know that something is deeply amiss in our society, thus demonstrating that they have an intuitive grasp of the natural order and what ignoring it portends for our nation's future.
The way God has created every creature establishes a natural law governing each one. The creature's... READ MORE
More Than Just The Second Day of the Weekend
BY John Grondeleski
February 28-March 6, 1999 Issue
The word “weekend” often conjures up two almost opposite visions: work and relaxation. On the one hand, weekends are the time to do all the things there's no time for during the week: errands and chores, shopping and laundry. On the other hand, weekends are time for relaxation: for sleeping in or... READ MORE
Follow the Bright Young People from Politics to Culture
BY George Sim Johnston
January 31 - February 6, 1999 Issue
P Politics, it has been said, is the preoccupation of the quarter-educated. One of the curses of attending an Ivy League college in the early seventies was the ubiquity of politics. Politics were everywhere on campus: shouted from bullhorns, handed out in leaflets, agonized over in the dining... READ MORE
Declaration
Concerning Religion, Ethics, And the Crisis In the Clinton Presidency
January 31 - February 6, 1999 Issue
As the Clinton presidency reached a crisis point in 1998, the President relied on religious language — and high-profile events with religious leaders — to explain his conduct to the American people.
More than 90 religious thinkers — most of them would be described as “progressive” — worried that... READ MORE
Re-Establishing An Intellectual Tradition
BY Helen Alvaré
January 31 - February 6, 1999 Issue
When I first left the practice of law to study theology at the graduate level, it was with the conviction that learning more, knowing more about God and God's relationship with human beings, would bring me closer to God. I also believed it would make me happier, because I would be at least closer... READ MORE
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