Letter to the Editor: October 2003

Pro-Gay and Pro-Latin Mass... Homosexuality Darkens The Mind... Your "Devious 'Gay' Priests"... Out-and-Out Dyke-Nuns... Rome — Paralyzed... Talk About Overreaction!...

New Oxford Notes: October 2003

Redskins in Indiana?... Holy Orders and Unholy Disorders... Silly Putty Catholicism... Blunt Words From Cardinal Dulles

A Letter From a Concerned Episcopalian

TOLERANCE FOR VAMPIRES

Edward B. Connolly

The Vicar reminded us that the Anglican Communion embraces a wide variety of lifestyles and said the time had come for him to come out of the closet.

It Only Hurts When I Stop Laughing

LET HIM WHO IS WITHOUT PREJUDICE CAST THE FIRST STONE

Marilyn Prever

People need to be reminded that it's important to have Jews in the Church — one reason being that only Jews get the jokes in the Bible.

The Catholic University of Louvain In Belgium (Part II)

IS IT STILL CATHOLIC?

Alice von Hildebrand

Have professors at the University of Louvain lost sight of the abysmal difference between a sin and a non-moral evil — such as poverty, sickness, a natural disaster?

A Primer on Stem Cells

IT'S NOT REALLY COMPLICATED

E. Christian Brugger

Stem cells found in adult bone marrow, adipose tissue, fetal umbilical cords, and placenta promise equal if not greater results than embryonic stem cells.

"It Is Not Our Policy to Deny Communion"

GUEST COLUMN

Barbara Kralis

Archbishop Sean O'Malley, in 2003, stated, "The Church presumes that each person is receiving in good faith. It is not our policy to deny Communion. It is up to the individual."

From Holy Mother Church To 'Buddy' Church

GUEST COLUMN

Eileen Spatz

In her recent quest to recreate herself as modern and friendly, the Catholic Church has become flaccid and weak, like so many modern parents.

A Spotlight on America’s Undying Anti-Catholicism

Sean M. Wright

The business of denouncing unchanging Catholic teachings as attacks on individual freedom in America is turning a tidy profit.

Briefly: October 2003

Reviews of Rethinking the Purpose of Business: Interdisciplinary Essays from the Catholic Social Tradition edited by S.A. Cortright and Michael J. Naughton... Back to the Drawing Board: The Future of the Pro-Life Movement edited by Teresa Wagner

Bookmark: October 2003

Thomas Ellis

Reviews of Mystics and Miracles: True Stories of Lives Touched by God by Bert Ghezzi... Ignatius Study Bible: The Gospel of Luke commentary by Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch...