2008 July-August
Letter to the Editor: July-August 2008
Transformation Through the Atmosphere... Prostrations in Eastern Orthodoxy... A Messenger From Heaven... The Angelic Doctor on Prostrations... Get Serious... Staying Put... Out of the Mouth of Babes... Sincerity or Pandering... Too Much Choice... Rubrics? What Rubrics?... and more
READ ARTICLEDid Mary's Assumption Really Occur?
In the absence of a credible dormition narrative from the early Church, is there any other source to turn to for a plausible description?
READ ARTICLEPilgrimage to Meryem Ana Evi
Mary's house remained essentially hidden from the world until 1950, when Pope Pius XII proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of Mary into Heaven.
READ ARTICLEThe Order of Justice & the Order of Charity
As members of society, we are bound to uphold the order of justice; as members of the Church, we are bound to uphold the order of charity.
READ ARTICLEThe News You May Have Missed
Bare Necessities... Crackpots... Rock-Solid Marriage... Brother E.T... Holy Scrape... Up, Up & Away... Animal & Plant Dignity... Will the Real Lesbians Please Stand Up
READ ARTICLEThe Perennial Crisis of Clerical Sexual Abuse
An attitude found among much of the laity is that an abused child will simply "bounce back" from grave sexual abuse once he grows up.
READ ARTICLEBriefly: July-August 2008
Review of First Saturday Devotions... Some Catholic Writers... The Case Against Perfection
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