November 12, 2007

Vol. 197 No. 15Whole No. 4793 Download PDF

Editorials

Current Comment
Conscience and Information

Two newspapers in Malaysia were recently closed down for specified periods as a punitive measure after their editors published controversial cartoons.

Thanking Our Soldiers
We must honor our soldiers before, during and after their service.

Articles

A Heartbreaking Year
Charles M. Sennott
Over the years, my wife and I have developed an ear for war.
Seizing the Imagination
Jim McDermott
Three former assistants consider Father Arrupe's legacy
Love Will Decide Everything
Kevin F. Burke
Remembering Father Pedro Arrupe on the centennial of his birth

Books and Culture

Culture
A Friend of God
William A. Barry
Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta (Doubleday, $22.95) is a disturbing book, one that has
Books
Whence Comes Censorship?
Gene Roman
Just after the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept.
Books
Broken Alliance
Michael J. Kerlin
Rémi Brague has had two previous books translated into English.

Columns and Departments

The Word
Perseverance and Holiness
Daniel J. Harrington
Faith in Focus
A Doubter Gives Lessons in Faith
Gerald M. Fagin
Faith in Focus
Visiting the Age of Rembrandt
Leo J. ODonovan
Columns
High Taxes, Empty Desks
Terry Golway
The coming crisis: schools in affluent parishes will bleed red ink.
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Maurice Timothy Reidy
Poem
On Cleaning Out a Friends Refrigerator After His Exile to the Old Priests Home
Brian Doyle
Letters
Letters