Homosexuals in the Seminary

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Fr. Thomas Reese, S.J., the former editor of America magazine, said that "with the shortage of priests, the church can hardly afford to dismiss gay seminarians."

Letters to the Editor: February 2006

The Synod on the Eucharist: A Death Wish?... Let's Raise the Cultural Level of the Masses... St. Joan of Arc Justifies Our War in Iraq... Fr. James Morrow: An Unsung Hero... The Fury & Fog of War... Plunder & Devastation... Sacrificing Marriage & Family...

New Oxford Notes: February 2006

"Gay" Priests to Be "Grandfathered"... Amy Has Seen the Light (& the Darkness)... Can You Imagine?... Who's Malicious?...

A Prolife Semantics Guide

COMING TO TERMS

Ron Galloy

As verbal engineering has preceded today's abortion culture, honest vocabulary is vital to restore life's protection.

Yoga & Christianity

ARE THEY COMPATIBLE?

Joel S. Peters

The Church advises caution about using spiritual, meditative, or mystical practices that are devoid of a distinctly Christian context.

The Truth About the Homosexual Rights Movement

THE BOOKS WERE A FRONT FOR THE PORN

Ronald G. Lee

The money spent on the few books in the room in front of the porn wasn't wasted. It was used to purchase a commodity for the gay rights establishment: respectability.

The News You May Have Missed

READ ALL ABOUT IT...

Michael S. Rose

Miss Penitentiary... Gender Bigotry... Voluntary Human Extinction... Santa: Too Scary... From "Mr. & Mrs." to "Mrs. & Mrs."... Another New Florida Town... A Contemporary Church Calendar... St. Judas... Inflatable Church...

Please Don't Bless My Children

GUEST COLUMN

Larry A. Carstens

I respectfully request that Eucharistic ministers leave the public blessing of children during the Mass to those who have received the Sacrament of Holy Orders.

The Background to ‘Rerum Novarum’

Thomas Storck

European Catholics grew aware of the need for an effective response to the conditions created by capitalism and industrialism during the 19th century.

Briefly: February 2006

Reviews of The Cost of "Choice": Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion... Discussion and Arguments on Various Subjects... Dressing With Dignity... Women in Christ: Toward a New Feminism... Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold...