Editorials
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Immigration and AssimilationAmerican Catholics, long thought of as a church of immigrants, continue to see their numbers augmented by an influx of new Americans.
Sowing the Wind
In its short modern history, Lebanon has been brutalized by both its neighbors and its own internal divisions.
Articles
Where the Laity Flourish
One of the strongest and most distinctive features of U.S. Catholicism is the central place parishes play in the church’s life.
A Symphony of Church Life
A rainy November evening finds three dozen people gathered for prayer at the Cabrini Center for Nursing in Manhattan’s East Village.
Gazas Summer Rains
It is hazardous to write about current events in the Holy Land, since they change rapidly and publication dates are distant.
Learning From El Salvador's Poor
How did you happen to go to the University of Central America?
The Human Costs of War
The refugee camp at Dbayeh, founded in the early 1950s north of Beirut--once housed thousands of Palestinian refugees, most of whom lived in Christian villages in Galilee.
Moral Implications
The political aspects of the present war in Lebanon seem to be the focus of much reporting. The moral implications, however, are just as important.
Books and Culture
Culture
At the insistent urging of a motel clerk near the Minneapolis airport a few years ago, I took the motel shuttle to that temple of America
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