Editorials
Pacem in Terris 40 Years Later
Pope John Paul II’s message for this year’s World Day of Peace, Jan. 1, 2003, anticipates the 40th anniversary of Blessed Pope John XXIII’s landmark encyclical Pacem in Terris in April.
Articles
Real Prevention: Alternatives to Force
Will military force work to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction?
Diplomacy: Still Our First Line of Defense
The euphoria surrounding Secretary of State Colin Powell’s successful effort last November to negotiate a unanimous Security Council resolution on Iraq has already dissipated.
Books and Culture
Books
What are public issues? What organizations are best prepared to address them? Do we have a welfare problem or a poverty problem?
Books
Writing of his need to keep a journal, Verlyn Klinkenborg indicates in The Rural Life that he hopes it will be a conscientious record
Books
As its mighty big title suggests, God and the Constitution: Christianity and American Politics attempts to address some broad issues.
Columns and Departments
The Word
The Word
Of Many Things
Letters
