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Faith in Focus
Ghaith Al-OmariAugust 13, 2007

Jerusalem means different things to different people. It is a religious symbol for Christians, Muslims and Jews; it is a national symbol for Palestinians and Israelis; it is a depository of cultural and historical heritage for humanity; and it is a real living city for its residents. As Jerusalem ev

Faith in Focus
Lisa KellyAugust 13, 2007

I used to be a soccer mom, minivan and all. But this morning I had to roll down the windows on my 14-year-old jeep to get all the mosquitoes out that had festered there from the night before. I used to like to grill out on nice summer nights. I havent grilled out for the last two years, out of respe

Faith in Focus
Andrew M. GreeleyAugust 13, 2007

Everyone seems interested these days in defining Catholic identity—movements and Movements, R.C.I.A. and Neocatechumenate, liturgists and “religious” educators, curial vigilantes and the rear-guard of “social actionists.” No one wonders how the Catholic laity define the

Poetry
Jenn CavanaughAugust 13, 2007

They ask how she grin through that face with that life.

Letters
August 13, 2007

Not Countercultural Please excuse my sending this comment more than a month after your publication of William Boles informative article American and Catholic, (7/2) on David OBrien. Professor OBrien takes me as representative of Catholics who style themselves as countercultural. I have not used that

Maurice Timothy ReidyAugust 13, 2007

In the August 13-20 edition of America, Father Andrew Greeley writes about American Catholics Today, a recent