Letter to the Editor: May 2011

Liturgical Reform & the 'Protestantization' of the Liturgy... Mourning the Daily Paper... There's No Escaping Mystery... Catholic Social Teaching: A Mess of Abstractions... Intelligent Design... and more

The News You May Have Missed

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Passion for Yoga... Christian Un-conventions... The Anglican Open Table... Booty Recall... Dressing Up for School... How to Become a True Socialist... and more ... and more

New Oxford Notes: May 2011

A Hero of History Is Beatified... From Guiding Lines to Institutional Reality... The Rise of the Asian Frankenstein

The Third Man & the Third Millennium

VITAL WORKS RECONSIDERED, #23

John Martin

Graham Greene sees the most dangerous thing of all: ordinary human beings unwilling to distinguish between the dollar and the cross.

Authentic Dialogue Is Possible

EFFECTIVE OUTREACH TO THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY

Melinda Selmys

The Church must offer adequate spiritual support for gays and lesbians who wish to live in accord with magisterial teaching if Catholic witness is to succeed.

Five Common Misconceptions About Islam

A RELIGION OF PEACE?

Andrew Bieszad

We Catholics must live our faith fervently and in true, heartfelt love, so that others might see our good works and give glory to our Father in Heaven.

The Missionary Character of the Church

READING THE DOCUMENTS - PART 1

Christopher Zehnder

Even a cursory reading of the conciliar documents could hardly miss the sense of urgency underlying Vatican II's call for evangelization.

The Pope & the Laborer

GUEST COLUMN

Kevin Bezner

I saw John Paul II in prayer on television, then I saw a common laborer in prayer in a church. I knew that each was far richer than I could imagine.

Portals to Apostasy?

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Francis X. Clooney, S.J., offers us a choice regarding "which images of the divine" — Christian or Hindu — are "most theologically cogent today."

Briefly: May 2011

Reviews of The Future of Adam and Eve: Finding the Lost Gift... Redeeming Economics: Rediscovering the Missing Element... Waging War to Make Peace...