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One Nation, Under God |
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The election of the President of the United States will be one of the events most remembered about the year 2000. |
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A Moral Choice |
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The New York Board of Education had a holiday message for the Boy Scouts of America last week, and it went something like this: Get lost. |
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What Next? |
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What's next on the television screen? Viewers who might think they've seen it all should brace themselves. Yet another taboo is about to be broken, and... |
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Only Time Will Tell |
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Once again, these words are written with the election of the president of the United States still in doubt. And once again, it could be that by the time they are read, the... |
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'Why Have You Forgotten Us?' |
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Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore posed the question, which he told his fellow bishops had come originally from a young Sudanese boy... |
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Looking for a Leader |
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In an ideal world, the presidential election would have produced some lasting lessons, to wit: |
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Beyond Steverino |
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Steve Allen opened many of the talks he gave in recent years with a tale about a middle-aged woman he supposedly encountered on entering... |
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A Business Decision |
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It used to be fairly easy to spot merchants of smut. They were the seedy-looking guys in the seedy sections of town, running shops that peddled... |
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'The Peace Process' |
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It's been called the peace process for so long a time, relatively speaking, that the rest of the world was finally getting used to the... |
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China's Harsh Charge |
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If Jesus is truly the Son of God, why was he not born in China?... |
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Poison Pill |
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The news that the Food and Drug Administration had approved the marketing of an abortion pill was dismaying but hardly unexpected. From... |
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That's Entertainment |
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A second round of Senate hearings last week on a Federal Trade Commission report criticizing the marketing of R-rated movies... |
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The Little Sisters of New York |
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Good news was the order of the day on Sept. 18 in the Bronx, where Church and city officials helped the Little Sisters of the Poor break... |
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The End and the Means |
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The decision of the Clinton administration to proceed with the federal funding of stem-cell projects using aborted fetuses... |
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The Handshake That Shook the World |
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Is a handshake just a handshake, in the way that, say, a sigh is just a sigh? |
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God and the Nation |
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News item: The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith has called on Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, to stop... |
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Eternal Patrol |
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At the height of the Cold War, perhaps, Americans might have reacted differently to the news that a Russian submarine lay disabled at the... |
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The Dean |
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The Presidential Medal of Freedom bestowed on Msgr. George G. Higgins in the White House Aug. 9 was a fitting tribute to a... |
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More Than Ever |
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Catholic social teaching may be alive and well, but it certainly could use some positive notices. As it turns out, they were provided in abundance at... |
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What Is It, Anyway? |
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What is it, really, with hard-line opponents of gun controls? |
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End the Embargo |
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Recent Congressional votes in both the House and Senate that favor easing restrictions in U.S. relations with Cuba come as welcome news. It's a long way from... |
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The Pope's Reminder |
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Pope John Paul II's recent reaction of bitterness over a "gay pride festival" held in Rome was hardly the expression of bigotry his critics made it... |
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Strange New World |
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The scientific community is abuzz with excitement over the breakthrough that has resulted in the mapping of the human genome, and even those unable... |
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A Death-Dealing Blow |
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Last month's U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a Nebraska law forbidding partial-birth abortions was more than a crushing disappointment. It was, in... |
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A Good Idea, But... |
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Is it a good idea whose time has come, or simply a good idea encumbered with too many problems? |
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Still Lighting Candles |
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This week marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maryknoll Father James Keller, who as founder of The Christophers truly made a difference... |
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First, A Teacher |
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Archbishop Edward M. Egan has said he will be, first of all, a teacher for the Archdiocese of New York. That's good news, because as a teacher, he... |
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What Were They Thinking? |
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It is reasonable to wonder what five U.S. Supreme Court justices were thinking when they voted to overturn a federal law that... |
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A Fighter for Life |
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The death last week of Robert P. Casey, former governor of Pennsylvania, is a loss not only for the people of that state but for all Americans. He always... |
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Back on Track? |
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Most politicians would argue that the private lives of political figures should remain private, and perhaps they're right. Who knows? There... |
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The Third Secret |
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Catholics of a certain age are likely to remember the worry that surrounded the so-called third secret of Fatima. It was a concern that bordered on dread, in fact, fueled... |
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Welcome Home |
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When he was named a bishop in 1985, Archbishop-elect Edward M. Egan listened to words of advice from two of America's most-admired churchmen: the... |
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The Fruits of His Labor |
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The week that would be his final one on earth began, appropriately enough, with the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. "You shall... |
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Fighting for Life |
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What direction will the fight to save the lives of unborn children take in the future? No one knows for sure, but members of the U.S. Supreme Court will have much to say... |
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Doing Their Job |
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The twin anniversaries that America marked so somberly last week turned hearts and thoughts to two terrible tragedies... |
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An Abiding Hope |
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The readings from John that have enriched this lenten season reach a climax in Sunday morning's Gospel with the beginning of... |
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Cause for Alarm |
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What's all the fuss? That's one of the standard comebacks that extremists save for people who complain about today's... |
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Right on the Money |
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This hasn't been the best of times for Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. As if the normal headaches of running... |
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A Tent in Israel |
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Journalists seemed particularly bemused by one phrase uttered by Pope John Paul II during last week's remarkable... |
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A Saint for Today's Church |
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Most people of her time couldn't figure out exactly what made Mother Katharine Drexel tick. How could... |
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On the Right Track |
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California voters are the latest to affirm something that would hardly seem to need confirmation... |
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The Religion Issue |
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Political campaigns have a way of getting down and dirty with lightning speed, and that surely has... |
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Work of Mercy Banned |
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Of the seven corporal works of mercy, "visiting the imprisoned" is one of the most difficult for... |
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Crisis on Campus |
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College campuses, in the metropolitan area and in other parts of the country, have experienced personal... |
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A Blow to Peace |
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The ebb and flow of hopes for peace in Northern Ireland moved abruptly to the drain cycle last week... |
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Abortion: Still an Issue |
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Abortion has emerged as a key issue in the 2000 presidential campaign, a fact that caught some political observers... |
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Senator Helms and the U.N. |
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How many Americans does Sen. Jesse Helms speak for when he speaks about the United Nations? That's... |
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One of a Kind |
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Catholics under the age of 50 or so might wonder, when it comes to Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, what... |
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A Father's Right |
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A father's right and a child's future are at stake in the controversy over Elian Gonzalez, the 6-... |
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'Over All...Love' |
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The invitation extended by Pope John Paul II on Dec. 26--to use the Holy Family as a model for family living throughout... |
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'Once and for All' |
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Two recent state court rulings addressed the question of traditional marriage, with decidedly mixed results. The news was positive in Hawaii, where... |
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