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 Vol. 140 Issue 001 (January 11 2013)
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Vol. 140 Issue 002 (January 25 2013)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Letters
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Letters Catholicism in culture Suburban pride I want to register a belated thank you to Eugene McCarraher (“Morbid Symptoms,” November 23, 2012) for allowing me to see myself as I really am:...
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Out of Control
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From the Editors Out of Control “The domestic arms race has been escalating,” Commonweal’s editors wrote in April 1989. That January, a shooter wielding a semi-automatic assault rifle had...
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The Real Deficit Argument
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Dionne, E. J. Jr.
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Columnists E. J. Dionne Jr. The Real Deficit Argument a sustainable path to debt reduction Should our politicians dedicate themselves to solving the problems we face now? Or should they...
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Is the Government 'Defining Religion'?
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Kaveny, Cathleen
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Cathleen Kaveny Is the Government ‘Defining Religion’? The bishops’ case against the HHS mandate The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops continues to oppose the Affordable Care Act...
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Friendly Competition
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Nonomen, Fr.
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Fr. Nonomen Friendly Competition why parish shopping is good for the church Not so long ago, neighborhood and nationality were everything when it came to church membership. Either your...
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'The Spirit Is Still on the Job'
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O'Grady, Desmond
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vatican II at Fifty Desmond O’Grady ‘The Spirit Is Still on the Job’ a conversation with bishop luigi bettazzi On October 11, 1963, Bishop Luigi Bettazzi addressed the Second Vatican...
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'The Gospel Is Hard
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Jordan, Patrick
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Articles ‘The Gospel Is Hard’ A Friend Remembers Dorothy Day Patrick Jordan One of the most striking things about Jesus as recorded in the Gospels—at least to me—is how directly he...
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The 'Catholic Muslim'
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Ryan, Patrick J.
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The ‘Catholic Muslim’ The Conversion of Louis Massignon Patrick J. Ryan On October 31, the eve of All Saints Day, I offered Mass—on the fiftieth anniversary of his death—for Louis Massignon,...
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Sonnet for Zia
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O'Luanaigh, Erin
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Sonnet for Zia Ballroom partner to a broom swept over Kitchen scraps, you spun to Dorsey, scuffing Up the floor, and waving withered hands, And flashing past a husband puffing Cigarettes and...
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Anna Karenina, Les Misérables
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Alleva, Richard
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Screen Richard Alleva Devices & Desires ‘anna karenina’ & ‘Les MisÉrables’ Leo Tolstoy hated theater, or at least the more stylized varieties of it. The author of some well-received plays...
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Little America
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Sheehan, James J.
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Books James J. Sheehan Imperial Illusions On the morning of October 9, 2009, Barack Obama learned that he had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. That afternoon, in an irony that would...
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Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church
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O'Brien, Dennis
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Dennis O’Brien Nowhere have the revelations of child sexual abuse been more painful than in the various exposés of Catholic priests and religious. Once the silence about abuse in the church...
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When God Talks Back
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Peters, Nathaniel
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Nathaniel Peters The historian Wilfred Cantwell Smith has noted that to believe in God used to mean putting faith and trust in a being who was assumed to exist, whereas now it means having...
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The Passage of Power
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McCartin, James P.
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James P. McCartin Heroic Manipulator In the heady days of JFK and Camelot, young Ivy Leaguers on the Washington social circuit regaled themselves with a snide one-liner: “Whatever happened...
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Valiant Efforts
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Preziosi, Dominic
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The Last Word Valiant Efforts Dominic Preziosi That winter the Plymouth Valiant supplanted the boat-like wagon we’d always used for the ride to Mass. The reasons were unclear. Maybe it got...
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