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Forever Altered
Jesuit education fomented in me a rebellious mind and spirit. It forever altered my frame of reference: introducing a Catholic boy who lived safe in the knowledge of good and evil to a catholic worldview that held that all things are gifts from God, and transforming a basically docile open-mindednes
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
The death of cardinal John O’Connor of New York on May 3 marks the end of an era in the American Catholic Church. Without question, he was the most powerful American cardinal of his generation. New York makes a bully pulpit for any archbishop with talent and chutzpah, and Cardinal O’Conn
News
Signs of the Times

At Jubilee for Workers, Pope Urges Globalization of Solidarity

Celebrating one of the biggest events of Holy Year 2000, Pope John Paul II appealed for a globalization that extends beyond the economy to encompass worldwide solidarity. At the Jubilee for Workers on May 1 on the Tor Vergata University campus on the outskirts of Rome, attended by about 200,000 people, the pope called for a resolution to labor inequality and injustice throughout the world. Despite technological progress, he said, realities such as unemployment, exploitation of minors and low wages persist. He warned that the organization of labor does not always respect the dignity of the human person, and the universal destination of resources is not always given due consideration.

Senate Committee Approves

Elin's Fevered Island
The first big surprise on landing in Havana, Cuba, is the magnificent new José Martí International Airport. You’ve heard all the stories about the collapse of the island’s economy after the Soviet Union abandoned subsidies in 1989, and how since then, with the tightening of the U.S. em
Editorials
Religious Persecution
"Religious liberty is at the very heart of human rights, making the other personal and collective liberties possible," Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, the Vatican’s Permanent Observer at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, said on April 8 in an address to the members.
Television
Jesus of CBS
Woe to those who produce Jesus movies, for their worries will be many. The first task of a producer is to cast a credible Jesus. Such an actor must look at least something like the Everyman edition of Jesus: big, mysterious eyes, brown hair and full beard (with the notable exception of Willem Dafoe
News
Signs of the Times
Settlement in Suit Against Bishop, Santa Rosa DioceseThe Diocese of Santa Rosa announced on April 24 that it had reached a $535,000 settlement in the civil lawsuit brought by a diocesan priest against former Santa Rosa Bishop G. Patrick Ziemann and the diocese. Officials said the diocese wanted to f
Letters
Letters
Bears Bearing ArmsBishop Michael W. Warfel (4/15) really does have a problem if he has an acquaintance who encountered a charging bear with a firearm. Dangerous place, Alaska! Joking aside, the article was great.Victor WhelanMobile, Ala.More Daily BreadThe article by Ron Hansen, My Daily Bread (3/18
The WordFourth Sunday of Easter (B), May 14, 2000
Poor Little Sheep Who Have Found the Way

Beloved, we are God’s children now. (1 Jn. 3:2)

Books
May 06, 2000 issue
Dissenting in Place
John A. Coleman
Catholic Identity is a sociological study of activist pro-change Catholics It focuses mainly on three groups Dignity which contests the hierarchy rsquo s teaching on the morality of homogenital activity Women rsquo s Ordination ConferenceW O C committed to the ordination of women and Catholic