Letters to the Editor: September 2004

Pets Denied Holy Communion... Animal Piety... Staging Apparitions... Are We to Have No Heroes?... Scott Hahn Replies to Edward O'Neill... Lies, Libel and Sin... more

New Oxford Notes: September 2004

You Will Thirst Again & Again... Always Our Neighbors... A Clever Translation of the Bible... Must We Now Be Leery of Anglican Converts?... George 'Humpty Dumpty' Weigel... more

Tom Monaghan's Impending Educational Disaster

BIG BUCKS AREN'T ENOUGH

Andrew Messaros

How is it that Monaghan is able to shelter his money via his Foundation, and then run an entity that is the target of his philanthropy (Ave Maria College)?

Filling Out a Form From the Diocese

WHY CAN'T THESE PEOPLE SAY WHAT THEY MEAN?

Marilyn Prever

We ought to be hearing words like sin, repentance, salvation, contrition, and mercy; instead we hear about healing, closure, and the everlasting committees and guidelines.

A Catholic Looks at Conspiracy

DO LOOK UNDER THE ROCK

Vincent A. Droddy

Suspicion of your government is in line with the spirit of the Founders. They suspected correctly that conspiracies against them were afoot in London.

The Lost Art of Letter Writing

E-MAIL JUST DOESN'T MEASURE UP

Mitchell Kalpakgian

As one collects the daily mail and sees the usual bills and ads, a personal letter with distinctive handwriting and individual stationery sparkles like a gem.

Her Mamas Were Prolife

GUEST COLUMN

Daniel J. Rabil

Gov. Ronald Reagan signed a milestone pro-abortion bill in 1968. California's abortions jumped from 518 in 1967 to an average of 100,000 per year from 1968 to 1974.

Why Does Dante Consider Sodomy Worse Than Homicide & Suicide?

GUEST COLUMN

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Just as blasphemers assault faith, sodomites assault family life, a foundation of the community.

Possessed by Our Possessions

Thomas Storck

We have a society of many willing workaholics with low civic participation, families falling apart, unsupervised children, and lonely old people.

Wasting Christianity

William J. Tighe

The author argues that Christianity must jettison just about every element in its doctrinal proclamation and moral teaching that has characterized it throughout its history.

Briefly: September 2004

Reviews of Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder... The Life of the Venerable Francis Libermann by G. Lee... A Bed for the Night by David Rieff