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Miracles-but Without the Moorings
BY John Prizer
March 16-22, 1997 Issue 
Writer-director Paul Schrader was raised an evangelical Protestant but lost the faith as an adult His works often reflect his conflicted feelings about this experience. Agifted critic, he has analyzed Christian filmmakers like Robert Bresson and Carl Dreyer with sympathy and intelligence. But in... READ MORE
‘Families in Difficulty’
March 16-22, 1997 Issue
On Feb. 25, the Pontifical Council for the Family published a document entitled “The Pastoral Care of the Divorced and Remarried.” The translation is from the English edition of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper. (Excerpted)
IN MANY COUNTRIES, divorces have become a true social “plague”... READ MORE
South African Religious Warn Against Syrian Arms
March 16-22, 1997 Issue
EAST LONDON, South Africa—The Conference of Major Religious Superiors of South Africa has warned the South African government of repercussions if it goes ahead with a controversial arms deal with Syria.
In a statement released in Johannesburg and made available to the National Catholic ... READ MORE
From the Ashes, Bosnian Church Rebounds
BY Gabriel Meyer Sarajevo's cardinal calls on international community
March 16-22, 1997 Issue
DIALOGUE
Cardinal Vinko Puljic is the archbishop of Sarajevo, the largest Roman Catholic diocese in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Consecrated an archbishop in 1991, he was invested into the College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II in November 1994. At 51, he is the youngest cardinal and the... READ MORE
Mental Health Advocates Weigh Profit Motive
BY Peter Feuerherd
March 16-22, 1997 Issue
THERE'S A BRAVE new world coming to treatment of the mentally ill as states begin to experiment with commissioning private, for-profit companies to treat conditions that continue to baffle and frighten people even in this sophisticated medical era.
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal... READ MORE
Egypt’s Christians Fear Army Role
BY Cornelius Hulsman
March 16-22, 1997 Issue
TWICE IN TWO months, Egyptian soldiers of the Second Unit army camp have sacked a100-acre Christian farm—which is also the site for a disabled children's center—owned by the Coptic Orthodox Church. On Jan. 30, hundreds of soldiers destroyed more than 600 yards of stone fence around the farm which... READ MORE
Catholic Charities Argues Government Funding Is Vital
BY Tracy Early
March 16-22, 1997 Issue
NEW YORK—Catholic Charities accepts government money because it believes there is strength in a partnership with government, and this partnership will benefit people in need, said the president of Catholic Charities USA.
“We have been partners with government to help government do what it... READ MORE
Heralding New Generation, Bishop Chaput Comes to Denver
BY Dennis Poust
March 16-22, 1997 Issue
THE APPOINTMENT Feb. 18 of Bishop Charles Chaput of Rapid City, S.D., as archbishop of Denver continues a papal trend of appointing theologically conservative, socially conscious prelates to American Sees. But the 52-year-old Kansan—the nation's youngest archbishop—is no cookie-cutter prelate.
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Scripture Already Knew What Science is Now Discovering
BY John Haas
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
Recently almost 170 bishops from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines met for a week to study “Addiction and Compulsive Behaviors.” The program was organized for them by the National Catholic Bioethics Center with a very generous grant from the... READ MORE
Vatican Takes on U.N. Population Forum
BY Monsignor Frank Dewane
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
On Feb. 10, Monsignor Frank Dewane made the following remarks to the U.N. Population Forum in The Hague as a representative of the Holy See. The meeting has been dubbed “Cairo + 5” because it follows the 1994 Population Conference in Egypt.
The Holy See takes this opportunity to thank the... READ MORE
So What Are Catholics to Do After the Trial?
BY Mary Ellen Bork
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
Many commentators thought the House managers did a good job “connecting the dots” during the closing arguments of President Clinton's trial. The managers skillfully pieced together witness testimony into a coherent case that the president obstructed justice. Defenders of the president see only... READ MORE
What Sexuality Means for Singles
BY Ellen Wilson Fielding ARTICLE DIGEST
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
“Love and the Single Catholic”
by Mary Beth Bonacci
(Crisis, February 1999)
Mary Beth Bonacci, Catholic speaker and author, writes: “Even theology seems to conspire against single people. (Note I say ‘seems.’ God would-n't really do that to us.) I'm currently teaching a class at my own parish on... READ MORE
St. John Fisher Comes of Age
BY Raymond De Souza BOOK REVIEW
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
Exposition of the Seven Penitential Psalms
by St. John Fisher In modern English, with an introduction
by Anne Barbeau Gardiner
(Ignatius Press, 1998; 284 pp., $14.95)
Meditation on the seven penitential Psalms was long a part of Catholic piety, especially suitable for penitential seasons. In fact,... READ MORE
Post-Impeachment Blues?
EDITORIAL
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
In the aftermath of the Clinton scandal, there are many causes for pessimism. One of the greatest problems with the Clinton scandal all along has been the likelihood that it would lower standards for Americans. In the week just before the Senate's deliberations on the fate of Bill Clinton came to... READ MORE
World Notes & Quotes
From selected publications
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
Irish President's Ecumenism
THE IRISH TIMES, Feb. 11—Irish President Mary McAleese called for a new inter-religious global ethic to lay down guidelines for human behavior - “to create the conditions for a sustainable world order,” reported Paddy Agnew.
McAleese made her comments in a series of... READ MORE
U.S. Notes & Quotes
From selected publications
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
George and Abe Were Not Bill
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Feb. 11 — An opinion piece by Marvin Olasky of the University of Texas cited several examples of 1998 media attacks on the character of past presidents:
“Bill's in Good Company ... Top Contenders for a Rushmore of Cheaters,” said the New York... READ MORE
Pope’s Homeland a Model For Christian-Muslim Ties
BY Jonathan Luxmoore
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
WARSAW, Poland—At 43, Selim Chazbijewicz speaks and acts like any Catholic Pole.
He alternates his time between a family home in Gdansk's smart Oliwa surburb, and a pedagogy institute in nearby Olsztyn where he lectures in political science.
But Chazbijewicz isn't quite an average Pole.
For one... READ MORE
‘Homosexual Marriage’: Arguments Are Shaky
BY David Coolidge
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
The ongoing debates over the legalization of “homosexual marriage” inevitably lead to a very basic question: Does marriage require a man and a woman?
It would seem to be an easy question. The Second Vatican Council speaks of marriage as a “whole manner and communion of life” which includes both... READ MORE
Abstinence On the Rise Among U.S. Teen-agers
BY Joseph Esposito Physicians unveil study's positive results
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
WASHINGTON—Abstinence, not contraceptive use, is responsible for a decline in teen pregnancies and birthrates, according to a new study.
The study, done by the Consortium of State Physicians Resource Councils, shows that the birthrate for young females has declined while the number of both young... READ MORE
Identity Crisis on Campuses?
BY Ed Langlois Register looks at 10 Catholic Colleges
February 21-27, 1999 Issue
DALLAS—Not everyone at the University of Dallas knows how to pray the rosary. Some students carouse more than they ought and a few even roll their eyes at all the talk of ecclesial authority.
But many students do pray in their dormitories, and they go to Mass regularly. They know that in classes... READ MORE
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