Theologians: Get With the Program!

EDITORIAL

Kenneth D. Whitehead

Letter to the Editor: June 2000

How Could Christ Have More Than One Bride?... Pity Thomas Aquinas... Learning Latin... Catholic Heroes on Stage... No Room in the Inn for Dogma

New Oxford Notes: June 2000

Lame Excuse... "It's a Dog's Life"?... Idiocy Undisturbed... Some Are More Diverse Than Others... The Chickens Come Home to Roost... Clerical Privilege: Back With a Vengeance?... An Apology for the Crucifixion?

The Failures of the New Lectionary

WHERE SOME SINS ARE NOT IMMORAL, ETC.

Chene Richard Heady

It entirely translates and edits out the Bible’s teaching on fornication, and renders the doctrine of Hell if not invisible, then opaque.

Offering Our Musical Best at Mass

SORRY, CHURCH MUSIC IS NOT AN EGALITARIAN ART

Joseph P. Swain

Parishes should be taught, preferably by example, that music is not by nature a democratic art and that musical values — like doctrines — are not subject to vote.

The "Priest Shortage": Natural or Man-(and Woman-) Made?

A FEAST IN ONE DIOCESE, A FAMINE IN ANOTHER

Larry A. Carstens

Dioceses headed by bishops with a reputation for robust orthodoxy now have full seminaries and an abundance of seminarians.

The Galileo Legend

POP SCIENCE & FALSE HISTORY

Thomas Lessl

Abortion in America: Legal & Unsafe

GRIM HARVEST FOR WOMEN

Joseph Collison

Bertrand Russell: Prophet of the New World Order

"THERE IS A FIERCE HATE IN ME"

David J. Peterson

After the demise of Soviet tyranny, the economic, cultural, and military course of the world is guided by an inner elite of neo-pagans.

The Holy Hour of Adoration

"COULD YOU NOT WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME?"

Carla Marie Coon

In every Holy Hour, Our Lord imparts soul-enriching grace, the fruits of which are sometimes not immediately apparent to the adorer.

Surprised by Tradition

GUEST COLUMN

George D. LeMaitre

When the Church stripped the liturgy of its grandeur, she cheapened the meaning of priesthood and is now reaping a predictably poor harvest.

Briefly: June 2000

Reviews of Philosopher at Work: Essays by Yves R. Simon