2002-11-22
Date:
Friday, November 22, 2002
Fame & Seneca Falls
On October 5, 2002, the quiet town of Seneca Falls, New York, enjoyed a rare visit from the Secret Service: former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was being inducted...
How a Lutheran Saw It
The sixty or so delegated observers at the Second Vatican Council, of whom I was one, were a privileged lot. Catholic bishops sometimes complained, and not always...
Vatican II as Ecumenical Council
Noticing that the words "Vatican II" evoked no response in her high school students, an Irish nun recently told me she asked them what Vatican II was. After some...
The Bishops & Iraq
After walking in late to a monthly meeting of eucharistic ministers at my parish in Brooklyn, New York, I sensed right away that something was wrong. Everyone was...
Lighter Collection Baskets
Twenty percent of churchgoing Catholics say they have stopped contributing money to their diocese. One in nine have reduced what they give to their parish. These...
One-Party Rule
In recapturing control of the Senate and increasing their majority in the House, Republicans both defied midterm election history and threw the Democratic Party...
