August/September 2008
Table of Contents
Recent Articles
To Evangelicalism and Back
Interview by Tim Drake
Francis Beckwith discusses the reasons for his reversion and reactions to it.Summorum Potificum
by George Neumayr
The forces in the Church most responsible for dividing Catholics from magisterial teaching are the quickest to use the word “divisive” in any controversy.A Tale of Two Cities
by George Neumayr
The predictable ridicule of the world followed, but by refusing to curry favor with the celebrity-driven and crumbling city of man, Archbishop Burke had displayed the very moral and spiritual seriousness necessary to save it.The Parable of Prodigal Europe
by George Neumayr
The European Union remains a "Common Market" without a common philosophy of any coherence.Cardinal Newman's Hour
by Kenneth C. Jones
Liberal churchmen implausibly cast him as the first coming of Hans Kung. But Newman's devastating critiques of "liberalism in religion" make even the words of today's "conservative" bishops look weak.The Enduring Costs of John F. Kennedy's Compromise
by Colleen Carroll Campbell
America's first Catholic president popularized the separation of faith from politics—and the problem isn't going away.
Not Negotiable
by Alberto Carosa
Foiling the agenda of secularists, Pope Benedict XVI intervened to great effect in Italy's debate over same-sex civil unions.
Featured Articles
Where the Laborers Are Few
by Jeff Ziegler
Mixed vocations news from Europe and the
Americas.
Father Jenkins' "Creative
Contextulization"
by Thomas S. Hibbs
A look at the fallout from and issues raised by
the Notre Dame president’s decision to keep The Vagina Monologues on
campus.
The Underpopulation Problem
Interview by Michael J. Miller
Steven W. Mosher on the demographic consequences of birth
control policies.
Laborers for the Harvest
by Jeff Ziegler
Promising vocations news from Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
Roman Catholics for Obama '08
by Paul Kengor
Some ignore his pro-abortion voting record, others rationalize it.
A New Pentecost
by George Neumayr
The Holy Father's inspiring visit to the United States.
The Movement that Won't Die
by Elenor K. Schoen
The debate over physician-assisted suicide shifts to Washington as the
state renews the drive toward legalization.
The Church Betrayed?
by Germain Grisez
Why does Catholic Relief Services forbid
putting its logo on the “educational” materials it provides about HIV
and condoms? It is time for the US bishops to investigate their
charitable agency. Click here to view the CRS
documents mentioned in Grisez's article.
A Genuine Conversion or Act of Perjury?
by Joanna Bogle
British Catholics continue to debate Tony Blair’s entrance into the
Church.
A Shrewd Move
by Philip F. Lawler
By omitting the Boston archdiocese from his planned trip to the US in
April, the Holy Father upset expectations. But he has good reason to
avoid it.
Please Look Behind the Bishops' Potemkin
Village
by Russell Shaw
An open letter to the planners of Pope Benedict's pastoral visit to the
US
Global Warming and Pagan Emptiness
Interview by Michael Gilchrist
Cardinal George Pell on the latest hysterical
substitute for religion.
Priestly Vocations in America: Recent Trends
by Jeff Ziegler
A survey of dioceses rich in seminarians and dioceses poor in them.
More Latin, More Reverence
Interview by Jeremy Lott
Amy Welborn discusses Pope Benedict, the
condition of Catholic education, the tedium of blogging, and Summorum
Pontificum.
Church Indulgences in San Francisco
by George Neumayr
What the U.S. bishops can learn from the scandal.
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