Letter to the Editor: November 2013

Unity & Forgiveness... Greeley: More than a Mere Maverick... A False Prophetess for the Third Millennium... Graphic Images: Mandatory... Sterner Stuff... Looks Like Scapegoating... Flimsy Evidence, False Accusations

The News You May Have Missed

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The Chains of Love... Not by Bread Alone... Portrait of the Placenta as a Young Organ... No Laughing Matter... Being Real & Normal... Dealing in Death... Weird Science... Transitioning to Sanity?

New Oxford Notes: November 2013

The Poor Misunderstood Pope?

The Case for a Consistently Pro-Life God

DISPELLING AN ATHEIST ILLUSION

Frederick W. Marks

A favorite ploy for nonbelievers is to play off an allegedly vengeful "God of the Old Testament" against a peace-loving "God of the New." But this will not stand.

Liturgical Triumphalism

TWO PERSPECTIVES ON THE THIRD MISSAL (Part I)

Bill Kassel

I guess what I'm asking of the Catholic commentariat is a change in tone: drop the self-satisfied condescension and provide catechesis that persuades.

Deeper in History, Deeper in Prayer

TWO PERSPECTIVES ON THE THIRD MISSAL (Part II)

Rosemary Lunardini

In the long run, for my pastor, for me — for all of us — praying together at Mass in one voice of obedience and trust in the wisdom of the Church is the bottom line.

The Pilgrim Church & Ummat al-Islam

TWO VISIONS OF PEACE & COMMUNITY

Heather M. Erb

Between the errors of inclusivism and pluralism, on the one hand, and a terrestrial, authoritarian concept of community, on the other, is a truer concept of peace.

Invading Russia with Christ's Love

A PRIEST OF HARD LABOR & GULAGS

Clara Sarrocco

Fr. Walter Ciszek had his mission in the bleakest and darkest pits of suffering humanity. This went on for fifteen years minus a few months.

The Sword of the Saint, Unsheathed

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Any Christian who commits sodomy, Damian explains, surpasses in sin the men of Sodom, for he "defies the very commands of evangelical grace."

Briefly: November 2013

The Secret Life of John Paul II... Manners in Modern Life: The Poetry of Conduct, the Virtue of Civility... Rebuilding Catholic Culture: How the Church Can Shape Our Common Life... Philosophical Virtues and Psychological Strengths