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May 23, 2005

Vol. 192 / No. 18

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Arts & Culture Books
John Jay HughesMay 23, 2005

Born in Berlin in 1923 to affluent Jewish parents Gregory Baum was sent for safety to England as a young teenager With the outbreak of war the refugee became an enemy alien and was interned in Canada Befriended there by a Catholic family he discovered Augustine rsquo s Confessions Like Edith S

Arts & Culture Books
Donald P. KommersMay 23, 2005

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were historical landmarks This double-barreled assault on apartheid in the United States was the first time since 1875 that Congress was able to muster the votes necessary to make good on the Constitution 8217 s promise of equality Un

Arts & Culture Books
Thomas R. SlonMay 23, 2005

The problematic issues regarding art and architecture vis- -vis worship and current liturgical practice have seldom been thornier The saying that real art won rsquo t match the sofa seems to sum up the status of art today At least in the areas of painting and sculpture what is considered ldquo

Television
Jim McDermottMay 23, 2005

On Jan. 6, 2002, The Boston Globe published a front-page story about child abuse in the Archdiocese of Boston. The article had the chilling opening line, “Since the mid-1990’s, more than 130 people have come forward with horrific childhood tales about how former priest John J. Geoghan al

The Word
Dianne BergantMay 23, 2005

I have always found the aroma of bread freshly baked very comforting That smell always makes me feel somehow at home Perhaps it is because bread is such a staple of life Furthermore it is difficult to limit oneself to a single piece of bread that has just been taken out of the oven It is almost

Columns
Terry GolwayMay 23, 2005

On a fine sunny Sunday in May, the priest in the pulpit was talking about the everyday beauty that may have escaped the attention of some of the busier people in the pews, but clearly not his. With the precision of an amateur botanist, he described the magnificence of the dogwoods, lilacs and cherry

News

Jesuit Officials Say America Editor Resigned After Vatican ComplaintsJesuit officials in Rome said Thomas J. Reese, S.J., resigned as editor in chief of America magazine after repeated complaints from then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who objected to the magazine’s treatment of sensitive church