October 7, 2000

Vol. 183 No. 10Whole No. 4501

Editorials

Rating the U.N. Summit
The United Nations Millennium Summit last month aroused no enthusiasm at Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid, The New York Post. The paper’s pundits were heavily sarcastic.

Articles

The Catholic Tradition as a Resource at the End of Life
Myles N. Sheehan
* I am really hoping in that experimental chemotherapy. That’s what will beat this tumor!
The Myth of Cohabitation
Willard F. Jabusch
Every parish priest and university chaplain knows the story. The young couple visits their pastor to make arrangements for their wedding.
ICEL and Liturgical Translations
Ronald D. Witherup
The pages of America have lately been filled with articles on the question of liturgical translations. Bishop Donald W.
Filling Theological Chairs
Robert A. Krieg
Editor’s note: In Germany, candidates for teaching positions in Catholic theology at universities and seminaries must receive a mandatum (nihil obstat) from a bishop.

Books and Culture

Books
Final Solutions?
Clayton Sinyai
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain; The best-laid schemes o’ mice and men
Books
Who Wants to Be Wealthy
William Bole
If Professor Fogel were giving his students a multiple-choice test on the new egalitarianism, one likely question would be: Which is the gre
Film
Kansas Dreaming
Richard A. Blake
Pity poor Kansas!

Columns and Departments

The Word
Don't Go Away Sad!
John R. Donahue
Columns
The Virtues of the Vows
Deborah M. Cerullo
Poverty, chastity and obedience are for everyone.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
George M. Anderson
Letters
Letters