A One-Two Punch For Orthodoxy

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Letter to the Editor: May 1997

Strength for the Journey... Nuns With Hair in Rollers?... Bullygirls... Gender and the English Language... Is This How We Honor a Saint?... Nestorianizing in Chicago...

Fed Up With Being a Rat In a Liturgical Lab

THE JOURNEY OF A CATHOLIC-IN-EXILE

Mark J. Kelly

The ever-living and developing Church directly connected to Christ through the Tradition of the Fathers is the only hope out of the dark forest of individual opinion.

Can There Be Any Right to Life Without a Right to Self-Defense?

ON THE NEW FACE OF PACIFISM

David C. Stolinsky

Does anyone seriously believe that ignoring violence and injustice will make them go away? The problems usually continue to grow.

A Response to David Stolinsky

DON'T SWALLOW SNAKE OIL

James G. Hanink

The right to life rests on a God-given and inalienable human dignity, not on the social contract.

Is Opposition to Homosexual Activity "Irrational"?

AN ARGUMENT FROM NATURE

Thomas Storck

Extremely disordered conduct is simply evidence that one has turned an extremely important and central aspect of human life away from its natural purpose.

A Belated Apology to Pope Paul VI

CATHOLICS & CONTRACEPTION

George D. Wignall

'Procreation' encompasses the fact that the couple acts for (pro) the Creator and is given the privilege of co-operating with God in the genesis of new life.

The Cardinal Who Would Be a Saint Needs Not Only a Halo, but a Backbone

IN THE CULTURE OF DEATH

Noel J. Augustyn

If Bernardin had refused to accept the Medal of Freedom, he could have matched the roar of Thomas More's silence in the face of Henry VIII.

Briefly: May 1997

Reviews of Word and Silence: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Spiritual Encounter between East and West... The Heart of Virtue... Father Elijah: An Apocalypse... Parish Boundaries: The Catholic Encounter with Race in the Twentieth Century Urban North... Why We Live in Community... Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic... Letters from Saints to Sinners... Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia...