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1988 May

Letter to the Editor: May 1988

Personalism in Action... 'Straw Men'

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Ethics and Military Operations

IS 'REALISM' THE ONLY WAY?

James A. Stegenga

It is an error to allow officialdom to determine the entirety of the agenda of the pub­lic debate, to silence the moralist by dismissing his questions as idle chatter.

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My Labyrinthine Quest for a Foundation on Which to Stand

THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE: THE CHURCH

Dan O'Neill

My 20-year smorgas­bord of denominational affiliations, which I had al­ways regarded as a rich blessing in plurality, became a millstone around my neck.

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The Family Reunion

PILGRIMAGE OF A CHILD OF HOLLYWOOD

Cherry Boone O'Neill

My Protestant upbringing had been like that of a child reared by a kind and loving stepmother, but upon entering the Catholic Church I discovered true Mother Church.

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A Testing from God

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

As my mother walked, she heard steps behind her, fast moving steps. She glanced back and saw a man moving along behind her, catching up with her...

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Cafeteria Catholicism & the Pope's Encyclical

CHRIST & NEIGHBOR

John C. Cort

John Paul II's encyclical repeatedly stresses the fact that "the Church's social doctrine adopts a critical attitude towards both liberal capitalism and Marxist collectivism."

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Evelyn Waugh & ‘The Bright Young Things’

James J. Thompson Jr.

Those who know Waugh on­ly through his novels might be surprised to learn that he entered the Church as early as 1930.

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Briefly: May 1988

Flight of Ashes... Dante: The Poetics of Conver­sion... Faith Without Form: Beliefs of Catholic Youth... Liturgy and Personality... and more

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