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January 30, 2006

Vol. 194 / No. 3

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Editorials
The EditorsJanuary 30, 2006

There has been a notably wide variety of interpretations from Catholic leaders of the Vatican instruction, published on Nov. 29, concerning the admission of gay men to orders. It is difficult, therefore, to determine exactly what effect it will have on future applicants to seminaries and religious o

Faith Features
Lawrence S. CunninghamJanuary 30, 2006

There are so many mistaken notions about St. John of the Cross (1542-91) that we might do well to clarify some of them.

Arts & Culture Books
Karen A. BartaJanuary 30, 2006

Everything about this book is elegant Embossed printing on the book jacket fits exquisitely the beautiful rendering of a medieval painting of a youthful bejeweled Mary Magdalene Equally appealing is the typeset and book design Instead of footnote numbers cluttering the text scholarly notes appe

Film
Richard A. BlakeJanuary 30, 2006

Syriana provides a valuable insight, one of those “Aha!” moments. Before sitting through this new film, brilliantly written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, I held the rather conventional belief that the news from the Middle East was relentlessly depressing because of the horrible events

Poetry
Alana Merritt MahaffeyJanuary 30, 2006

The Greeks and Romans believed it:

The Word
Daniel J. HarringtonJanuary 30, 2006

It is hard to imagine a human being who does not want to be happy free and fulfilled It is a paradox of human existence however that genuine happiness freedom and fulfillment seem to come mostly to those in the service of a noble cause or project Caught up in his own losses and sufferings the

Culture
Paul MarianiJanuary 30, 2006

How to approach—I mean adequately approach—the devastating reality of Ground Zero from Ground Zero? What happens to perception, history, language, syntax and grammar—to say nothing of lungs, flesh and brain—at that level as the second airliner rips into the swaying tower fill