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American Shows Targeted By British-TV Watchdogs
BY Paul Burnell
February 21-27, 1999 Issue 
LONDON—In America, parents often fear for what their children might see on television.
Across the Atlantic, it's worse. Britain's newest free television station, Channel 5, is airing movies that are rated “18” in theaters there — the equivalent of the American “X.”
“We have been accused of showing... READ MORE
Next Sunday at Mass God-Centered Patience
BY Julia Lieblich
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
Feb. 2,1997 The Presentation of the Lord Lk 2,22-40
ONLY A FEW weeks ago, on the feast of the Holy Family, we heard this same Gospel proclaimed. But we meditate upon it again today to celebrate the new manifestation of Jesus as Messiah, as he is presented in the temple.
Simeon and Anna represent... READ MORE
Common Ground Has a Definite Future, Official Says
BY Peter Feuerherd
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
THE COMMON GROUND Project, spurred by the support of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, will move forward with a conference planned March 7-9 in Chicago.
There's been “an avalanche of interest,” Msgr.Philip Murnion, coordinator of the project, which seeks to bring together Catholics with opposing... READ MORE
Israel and the Body of Christ - A Jewish Take on the Incarnation
BY Father Richard John Neuhaus
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
WITHOUT DOUBT, one of the most important Jewish theologians of our time is Michael Wyschogrod, now teaching at the University of Houston.At a theological conference in Germany, where he encountered considerable hostility from some Christian theologians, he read his paper A Jewish Perspective on... READ MORE
Did Karol Wojtyla See and Rescue the Good in Marxism?
BY Jonathan Luxmoore and Jolantababiuch
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
WHEN A NEW film by Poland's award-winning director Krzysztof Zanussi is released this spring, it's likely to raise some eyebrows.The script for Brat Naszego Boga (Brother of Our God) was written by a Catholic priest half-a-century ago.Some viewers may have trouble believing the priest in question... READ MORE
Superbowl XXXI - Giving All Glory to God
BY John Mccormack
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
ON MAY 16 of this past year my wife and I were given our greatest challenge to date.A baby boy was put into our care and with him the responsibility of bringing him to heaven.We both believe that no one goes to heaven alone and that in order for us to get there we would have to make sure that our... READ MORE
Porn King Finds New Life as Free Speech Hero
BY John Prizer
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
Most Catholics may be too put off with this movie's “hero” to consider viewing the film.However, it holds, for the prepared viewer, some important lessons.
Like it or not, Larry Flynt is an American original. No other culture, past or present, could have produced such a creature.His rags-to-riches... READ MORE
The Pope’s Week
BY Gary Griffith
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
CHURCH ESTEEMS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Saturday morning Pope John Paul greeted the 100 participants in the International Conference on Space Research, promoted by the Vatican Observatory, which had just concluded at the University of Padua, Italy.
The Pontiff told those present that their “dedication... READ MORE
‘Call to Holiness’ Seeks National Status
BY Gary Griffith
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
IN THE AFTERMATH of a successful Nov.15-17 conference in Sterling Heights, Mich., Call to Holiness's general chairman, Geno Vitale, now finds himself at the helm of a national organization that has a board of directors, a mission statement in-the-works and a goal: “to be a strong lay voice in... READ MORE
Parish Experts Huddle, Ponder Priestless Sundays
BY Peter Feuerherd
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
National Affairs Correspondent
NEW YORK — The future of the Church in the United States, and sometimes its difficult present, were hinted at in the table discussions and presentations at a symposium in a mid-town Manhattan hotel conference room here Jan.9-11.
Some 30 diocesan planners from across... READ MORE
Nuns, Priests Honored for Rescuing Jews Sweeten Bitter Memories
BY Jonathan Luxmoore
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
Eastern Europe Correspondent
WARSAW, Poland — When Sister Maria Teresa Czerwinska turns 90 in March, the occasion will have a special poignancy.After graduating in history at Warsaw University, Maria was just 24 when she joined the Resurrection order at the start of the troubled decade leading up... READ MORE
Pro-Life Leaders Condemn Clinic Violence, Reserve Judgment About Perpetrators
BY William Murray
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
ABORTION-RIGHTS SUPPORTERS rushed to condemn the Jan.16 bombings outside an Atlanta abortion facility, and three days later, near a facility in Tulsa, Okla., as the handiwork of anti-abortion zealots.Pro-life leaders joined them in condemning the acts, but some warned against jumping to conclusions... READ MORE
In City of Patriarchs, New Hope for Peace
BY Stephanie Nolen
Jan 26-Feb. 1, 1997 Issue
HEBRON — The faltering Middle East peace process got a badly-needed boost this month when Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) reached an agreement on Israeli military redeployment in the West Bank city of Hebron.
The Hebron deal was signed Jan.14.The next day, the Israeli flag... READ MORE
Venerable Tradition Unlocks ‘Love that Never Ends’
BY Clement Kennedy OSB
January 19-25, 1997 Issue
The Love That Never Ends: A Key to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, by J. Augustine DiNoia OP, Gabriel O'Donnell OP, Romanus Cessario OP, Peter John Cameron OP (Huntington, Ind.: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 1996, 156 pp., $11.95)
IF THE promulgation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church... READ MORE
A Call to Arms
BY William Flynn
January 19-25, 1997 Issue
EACH JANUARY we usher in a new year with so much hope and celebration and the sense that maybe things are finally going to improve.
Last year, however, did not allow for a great deal of optimism as the horror of war, bloodshed and suffering continued sporadically in several corners of the globe.... READ MORE
New Year’s Resolution:’Spiritual Ecumenism’
BY Gabriel Meyer
January 19-25, 1997 Issue
The great Jubilee of the birth of Christ and the onset of Christianity's third millennium that we will celebrate a scant three years from now will undoubtedly be a joyous event. But, as Pope John Paul II has cautioned in his apostolic letter Tertio Millennio Adveniente and elsewhere, the year 2000... READ MORE
Physician-Assisted Suicide Rejected in New AMA Survey
January 19-25, 1997 Issue
CHICAGO—When given all the facts about physician-assisted suicide and such alternatives as hospice care and natural death, Americans by a 5-to-1 margin said they would choose the alternatives if terminally ill, according to a new American Medical Association survey.
Titled End-of-Life Care Survey,... READ MORE
Pro-life Democrat, Mark Shields Doesn’t Flinch
BY William Murray Defense of the unborn 'is part of' Catholic social teaching
January 19-25, 1997 Issue
Mark Shields, 59, is a veteran of many political campaigns. A native of Weymouth, Mass., and an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, Shields worked for Sen. Robert Kennedy (D-N.Y.) in the Nebraska, Oregon and California (where he was assassinated) presidential primaries of 1968. He has held... READ MORE
Much Credit for Guatemalan Peace Goes to Church
BY Alejandro Bermudez
January 19-25, 1997 Issue
A WEEK after signing the peace agreement that ended Guatemala's 36-year-old civil war—and that, for the time being, ended all armed conflict in Central America—former guerrilla leader Jorge Rosals surprised almost everybody when he unveiled his future plans: “I would not like to create a left-wing... READ MORE
Dr. Nathanson’s Stirring Odyssey Continues to Inspire
BY Peter Feuerherd
January 19-25, 1997 Issue
ADMITTEDLY, HE's carrying heavy moral baggage. But at 70, Dr. Bernard Nathanson is beginning life anew as a Catholic.
If personal history says anything, one can rest assured that Nathanson, who was baptized by New York Cardinal John O'Connor at St. Patrick's Cathedral last month, will not elect to... READ MORE
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