Editorials
Missile Defense Follies
It is understandable that at first glance the idea of a national missile defense system is appealing.
Articles
A Harsh Light
Traffic, an Academy Awards nominee film directed by Steven Soderbergh, is a rapid-fire saga of the drug trade and of stumbling binational efforts to stop it. It is also a dark-hued morality play.
Congo: A Tale of Two Churches
The assassination of President Laurent Kabila in Kinshasa on Jan.
Beautiful Rottenness
The New Yorker cover for the new millennium’s first week of March was a perfect cartoon rendition of our culture’s inverted values.
Public-Religious Partnerships
President Bush recently unveiled his promised White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Devastation, Faith and Resilience
In an earthquake one feels very small. During the earthquakes in El Salvador on Jan. 13 and Feb.
The Coming Synod of Bishops
Future development of the teachings of the Second Vatican Council on collegiality, liturgy, ecumenism and lay participation in church and society may depend heavily on how diocesan bishops face up to
Books and Culture
Books
This study of miracles draws upon excellent contemporary scholarship in the study of religion; its acknowledgment of interpretative assistan
Books
These are two very different books on a similar topic. Rychlak’s is the lawyer’s brief, Phayer’s the scholarly monograph.
Columns and Departments
The Word
Faith in Focus
Of Many Things
Letters
