Editorials
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...Weakland caught O'Connor's attention with an op-ed piece in the New York Times STAFF Editor: Margaret O'Brien Steinfels (December 2, 1992) in which Weakland criticized the church's views on women, and Managing Editor: Patrick Jordan urged continued discussion about the exclusion of women from the priesthood...
...most welcome an honest and fair-minded contestation of views between bishops...
...The area of agreeColumnists: John Garvey, J. Bryan Hehir, Abigail McCarthy, David R. Carlin, Jr...
...It sets a good example...
...the status quo Publisher: Edward S. Skillin is never sufficient justification for its own continuance...
...need better answers about the symbolic significance of sexual differentiation and its Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome but can- pertinence to priestly identity...
...Weakland rejoined in the Catholic Herald Senior Writer: Robert G. Hoyt Design: Emil Antonucci (December 31...
...der difference, O'Connor maintained, going on to warn that continued debate on the Telephone: (212) 732-0800...
...For Pi in the Sky: Chet Raymo 26 partisan supporters of each, the church is divided between the forces of A Flock of Shepherds: Timothy A. Byrnes 28 misguided reform in Milwaukee and traditionalist retrenchment in New Judaism: Between Yesterday and Today York...
...Ironically, O'Connor's response demonstrates how not be returned unless accompanied by a shortsighted it is to curtail faithful deliberation on these questions...
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...Responding to Weakland's suggestion that women serve in nonpriestly roles Pamela Quatse in the Vatican curia and diplomatic corps, O'Connor raised practical and canonical Advertising Manager: Ruth E. Taylor difficulties...
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...Letters should not exceed The ordination of women is a more difficult question than either its most righ250 words and are subject to editing for clar- teous proponents admit or Rome's appeal to precedent and obedience allows...
...But while the divergence is real, it is too often exaggerated...
...torically, juridical power has not been restricted to the clergy, and scriptural Commonweal welcomes letters on subjects impediments are slight...
...O'Connor's column was civil, cautious, forthright, and Poetry: Rosemary Deen touched with a certain theatrical humility...
...Catholics have stamped, self-addressed envelope...
...At the same time O'Connor Commonweal, [ISSN 0010-33301 A Review of expressed some skepticism of Weakland's optimistic embrace of secular intellectuPublic Affairs, Religion, Literature, and the Arts, is al categories that are themselves suffering a crisis of legitimation...
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...The characteristic qualities of each man were evident in the essays...
...In other words, strong and cagy personalInterns: Jessica Bayne, Walter Swett ities were marshaling their most persuasive arguments and personas...
...correspondence should be sent to Ruth E. Taylor, Putting the status of women in the church in context, O'Connor offered a useful I I Graffam Rd., So...
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...POSTMASTER: Send address changes to tance to expanding authority outside the priesthood verged on the legalistic...
...ment between the two was broad, especially about the openness of the church to the Staff: Harriette Balsky, Carmen Alava, world...
...O'Connor Associate Editor: Paul Baumann responded in a fraternal fashion in Catholic New York (December 10) but disputed Production Editor: Jacqueline Dowdell several of Weakland's conclusions...
...Equally Eugene Fisher and Jack Bemporad 29 real, as a recent public exchange between the two shows, is the fact that the combined perspectives of both are stronger than the isolated virtues of either...
...Display advertising subject would create "unfulfillable expectations...
...much to talk about...
...CONTENTS COMMONWEAL Volume CXX, Number 2 Correspondence 2 Editorials 3 Worse yet to come?: Janice Broun 4 Clinton on the world stage: J. Bryan Hehir 5 The Christ of faith: John Garvey 7 A theological case for God-She: Elizabeth A. Johnson 9 Poetry: John Shea 14 Media: Frank McConnell 14 Something fundamental is afoot: Hear this Luke Timothy Johnson 17 BOOKS For many Catholics, Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland and Cardinal John God for Us: Robert P. Imbelli 23 J. O'Connor seem to represent two poles within the American church...
...Media: Frank McConnell Weakland's Times piece was provocative, confident, forthright, and tinged with a Screen: Richard Alleva note of embattled grievance...
Vol. 120 • January 1993 • No. 2
