Editorial: A pilgrim's progress
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...STAFF Editor: Margaret O'Brien Steinfels Executive Editor: Paul Baumann Managing Editor: Patrick Jordan Associate Editor: Daria Donnelly Production Editor: Tiina Aleman Senior Writer: Robert G. Hoyt Editorial Assistant: Maurice Timothy Reidy Copy Editor: Susanne Washburn Business Manager: Gregory Wilpert A pilgrim's progress Poetry: Rosemary Deen Screen: Richard Alleva Stage/Media: Celia Wren Columnists: John Garvey, biblical flood of ink has been spilled trying to assess the significance E.J...
...Nine days later, John Paul began a draCommonweal, [ISSN 0010-33301 A Review of Public matic weeklong pilgrimage to Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories...
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