EDITORIAL

All You Need Is Love

December 15-21, 1996 Issue

In a rare treat, the International Herald Tribune caught up recently with Brian Eno, the pioneer of electronic music and avant-garde rock. Mentor and collaborator of such heavyweights as David Bowie, John Cale, Talking Heads and U2, the 48-year-old wizard seems to have turned his back on... READ MORE

LETTERS

BY Edmond Day Watervliet

December 8-14, 1996 Issue

Contraception?

The article on a new natural family planning (NFP) device (“British Church Leaders Hail New NFP Device”) in the Nov. 10–16 issue of the Register leaves the reader under the erroneous impression (by distinguishing it from “other contraceptives”) that either some contraceptives are all... READ MORE

The 60/40 Rule

BY JK

Editorial

December 8-14, 1996 Issue

It is that time of year when the regular season is coming painfully close to the end for serious football fans, particularly if their team's playoff hopes are fading or gone. Small wonder. For them, fall is a season of deliciously rich weekends, which get underway (conveniently after Mass, on the... READ MORE

Letters

Dec. 1-7, 1996 Issue

Absolute Power

Edward Halpin's letter in the Nov. 3-9 Register contains an error regarding one of history's famous quotations. In his letter on Father Coughlin, Mr. Halpin quotes “Aeron” as the author of the words “power corrupts.” It may reflect my own ignorance but I find no reference to Mr.... READ MORE

Editorial

Dec. 1-7, 1996 Issue

Cleansing

IT WAS MERELY curious at first that Germans got so upset about Scientology and took the movement, which counts the likes of Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its adherents, to court. But, as Richard Cohen noted in The Washington Post, concern about a cult-like organization that puts a... READ MORE

LETTERS

November 24, 1996 Issue

Forgiveness

St. Maria Goretti, martyred for her purity, forgave her murderer before she died, and appeared to him from heaven while he was in prison telling him he would be in heaven with her too. Pope John Paul II went to prison to forgive his assailant as well. Michael Ross, no. 127404, death row... READ MORE

The Cardinal

BY AJK

EDITORIAL

November 24, 1996 Issue

Much sooner than anyone expected, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin has died. His legacy will undoubtedly be the subject of lively debate for years to come. Even as he lay dying, he inspired contradictory sentiments, admiration and love, as well as bitterness. What was the nature of the cardinal's genius?... READ MORE

LETTERS

BY Robert Phelan Belmar

November 10-16, 1996 Issue

Ethiopians

The Oct. 27 article on Ethiopian Christians (“Queen of Sheba's Visit to King Solomon Sparked Centuries of Pilgrimage to Jerusalem”) claims that they “do not believe in the Trinity.”This is untrue. When we read that comment to a friend, a Coptic Catholic, he confirmed that the Ethiopian... READ MORE

Artistic means

BY AJK

November 10-16, 1996 Issue

READERS MAY still wonder at our reflections on literature, rare as they are. It's subject matter rarely dealt with in the mainstream Catholic press. The Register was pleased to present Dr. Ralph McInerny's series on 20th century Catholic authors, as well as Jesuit Father John McIntyre's meditations... READ MORE

LETTERS

November 3-9, 1996 Issue

Death Row

My name is Michael Ross. I am a condemned man on Connecticut's death row. When most people think of death row inmates, I'm the one that they think of. I'm the worst of the worst, a man who has raped and murdered eight women, assaulted several others, and stalked and frightened many more.... READ MORE

Bridge to the 21st Century

November 3-9, 1996 Issue

IN A VARIATION on Plato's famous line on philosophers and kings one could argue that Catholic prelates, too, should be men of ideas. Maybe that is not fair to the dynamic, hands-on men who lead the Church in the United States and are putting ideas into action. Nevertheless, a New York audience late... READ MORE

EDITORIAL

October 22, 1996 Issue

Letters

Oct 13, 1996 Issue

Root Cause

We generally find something worth cutting out and saving from the Register. Your Sept. 1 editorial (“Dialogue and Common Ground, or Truth and Unity?") is an example. We agree with your thesis wholeheartedly and we submit what, in our humble opinion, is at the root of our demoralization.