Three Cheers for the Panzerkardinal

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

Benedict XVI will not be a globe-trotting pope and will pay attention to the details of Church governance — which is precisely what we need.

Letters to the Editor: June 2005

He's Back on TV!... Are the Legionaries Following the Jesuits?... Traditional Conservatives vs. Neoconservatives... The War in Iraq is Unconstitutional, Unjust... The Darby Doctrine of U.S. Foreign Policy...

New Oxford Notes: June 2005

For "Diversity," but Not for Intellectual Diversity... Father Fessio Goes Ballistic... Freedom Trumps Family... Now They Tell You (Part II)... Mammon Wins Again...

Reflections on Pope John Paul II's Legacy

THE INTERREGNUM

Tom Bethell

There is now a general assumption that because the pope gets so much attention, he must have global tasks commensurate with worldly publicity.

Cincinnati's West-Side Story

WRESTLER PRIESTS AND LAPDOG EDITORS

Michael S. Rose

Elder's reputation was tarnished by the revelation that five priests who formerly taught at the high school were suspended for substantiated allegations of sex abuse.

A Rosy Future for Same-Sex "Marriage"?

RUMP RANGERS IN ANCIENT ROME

Leland D. Peterson

To be like ancient Rome, the U.S. in the 21st century has only to elect as its president a bachelor with same-sex partners and then to await plagues, invasions, and epidemics to hasten its decline and fall.

The News You May Have Missed

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Michael S. Rose

Bathroom Discrimination... Cult of the Pet... Kidnapping, Dutch-Style... Forced Prostitution in Germany... Germany's Drive-In Brothels... Hitler: A Hive of Neurotic Compunctions...

Goodbye, Proud World, I’m Going Home

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

Fourteen American women tell how they found their way to the Church via a need for Church authority and the discovery that holiness is a journey.

Briefly: June 2005

The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art... The American Catholic Voter: 200 Years of Political Impact