EDITORIALS

Camelot's End

Like many American Catholics, Ted Kennedy struggled to navigate the tension between his beliefs and his civic ideals. By The editors

Current Comment

The New Old Liturgy; Repentance for My Lai By The editors

ARTICLES

Faulty Guidance

A new framework for high school catechesis fails to persuade. By William J. O'Malley

God and the Teenage Mind

The case for reason in religious education. By Brad Rothrock

The Binding of Isaac

What if the angel had arrived too late? By Harold Kasimow

BOOKS & CULTURE

IDEAS

The Bard of Rome?

Shakespeare and the Catholic question By Kathleen Doherty Fenty

TELEVISION

The Road to Redemption

TNT's 'Saving Grace' By Regina Nigro

FILM

Love in the Time of Irony

'(500) Days of Summer' examines postmodern romance By Jake Martin

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

The Human Factor

Grappling with the legacy of Robert McNamara and the Vietnam War By Thomas Massaro

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Lone Priest Shepherds Tiny Afghan Flock, Agreement Reached on Spanish Bible, Orissa Christians Strengthened by Court Verdicts, more ...

OF MANY THINGS

Cycling allows for a unique kind of meditation. By Maurice Timothy Reidy

POEM

State of Dementia

By Mary Damon Peltier

BOOK REVIEWS

The Rising of Bread for the World, Stepping Stones, Reforming the Liturgy

THE WORD

Gifts and Status

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Sept. 20, 2009 By Barbara E. Reid

THE WORD

True Authority

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B), Sept. 27, 2009 By Barbara E. Reid

LETTERS

WEB ONLY

Close Encounters

A skeptic discovers the spirit of community life By Matt Stevens