Letter to the Editor: April 2003

He Asks, Who is a Jew? I Ask, Who is a Catholic?... Publicists for the Bishops... Sensitive to Bigots... From Inside Sacred Heart Seminary...

New Oxford Notes: April 2003

Hitting Below the Belt... It's Time for Another Free Speech Movement... The Plight of the Diocesan Catholic Journalist... If Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, Would Three?

The Catholic Bishops & the Crisis of 2002

THE FOLLY OF GOING BACK TO "BUSINESS AS USUAL"

Kenneth D. Whitehead

One function of the Catholic bishop is to insist upon the doctrinal integrity of the whole of the Church's teaching. Today's bishops have too often forgotten this.

What Are Clothes For?

'I GOTTA BE ME' (BUT WHO ARE YOU?)

Inez Fitzgerald Storck

Our external appearance will reflect the purity of soul and sobriety of lifestyle that should characterize the Christian.

Fundamentalists Inside The Catholic Church

HOW OLD IS THE EARTH?

Dermott J. Mullan

When I teach that the Earth is 4 to 5 billion years old, I am not contradicting any currently defined Church doctrine or giving credence to Darwinian evolution.

Christian Schools & the World

GUEST COLUMN

Preston Jones

Our schools do shelter students, families, and teachers from much of "the world," not because Christians are afraid but because much that goes on in the world is ridiculous.

Not-So-Blessed Martin

Chrysostom Frank

Converts from Lutheranism show how recognition that Luther's understanding and actions were flawed is certainly not an easy transition.

Briefly: April 2003

Reviews of Bright Promise, Failed Community: Catholics and the American Public Order by Joseph Varacalli... A Mind's Matter: An Intellectual Autobiography by Stanley L. Jaki, O.S.B... God and the World: A Conversation with Peter Seewald by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger