Rome Under Siege

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Letter to the Editor: Novemember 1996

I'm Not Catholic, But Would I Want to Be?... Call to Arms... In Defense of the Acton Institute... Call to Arms...

Falling Off Chesterton's Chariot

ON THE LOSS OF CATHOLIC IDENTITY

Marian E. Crowe

Are today's materialism, consumerism, self-indulgent sexuality, pop psychology, and New Age spirituality any less formidable foes than overt anti-Catholic bigotry?

Fr. Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932-1996) Requiescat in Pace

OBITUARY

He quit a professorship at Yale to become a missionary among the poor of Peru, and later quit his teaching post at Harvard because he feared the loss of his soul.

Growing Up As a "Post-Vatican II Catholic"

I WAS ROBBED

Leila Miller

To give you an idea what my formation amounted to, allow me to list some terms that had no meaning to me: Sacred Tradition, Four Last Things, Magisterium, Adoration.

Priestly & Religious Celibacy: Is It Dead, or Should It Be?

CELIBACY ISN'T FOR WIMPS

Benedict Groeschel

That a discipline chosen by such a small segment of the population (approximately .01%) could attract so much scrutiny is amazing.

Baptism of Desire vs. Baptism of Indifference

A BURNING FIRE IN THE HEART

Howard Curtis

The Orthodox and the Catholics were afraid to baptize Abu Nemer, for it could have led to a church of theirs, full of worshipers, being attacked...

How to Tell Your Children the Truth About Sex

ULTIMATE INTIMACY BELONGS TO ULTIMATE COMMITMENT

Tom & Judy Lickona

Time and again, I have seen the emotional and spiritual desolation that results from casual sex and promiscuity.

Fra Angelico

HARVARD DIARY

Robert Coles

This monk had his eyes trained on God in all His mysterious presence, rather than on man — the God who for awhile became one of us.

Briefly: November 1996

Reviews of Suffering into Joy: What Mother Teresa Teaches about True Joy... Eyewitness to Jesus