Volume 21 Number 4

Issue Date: 
July, 2010

Features

To Make the Invisible Visible
By: Michael Schrauzer
Recently the Shroud of Turin went on display for the first time in many years. Over two million pilgrims came to view and venerate the mysterious image imprinted there—among them the Holy Father himself. The Shroud reveals the power of an image. Like all Christian art, it shows us that he who created us in his image knows we need images to understand the reality they reflect.
True Happiness and The Consolation of Philosophy
By: Carl Olson
What is happiness? That is the question raised by a fifth-century Roman philosopher named Boethius. He pondered the answer in prison, facing execution. Though his Consolation seems absent of Christian doctrine, in Boethius’ dialogue with Philosophy, we see that man’s final end is the good that has but one source: God.
Faith behind Bars
By: Gerald Korson
Can converts and apologists be formed within prison walls? Lots of convicts "find Jesus"—for a while, say skeptics. But those who labor behind bars to help fellow inmates recognize Christ’s true Church and join it often tell a different tale.
Did the Church Change Its Teaching on the Death Penalty?
By: Christopher Kaczor
In Evangelium Vitae John Paul II declared the need for capital punishment to be "rare, if not practically nonexistent." His statement created controversy in some quarters while strengthening conviction in others. But did it represent a shift in doctrine?
Three Great Lessons of the Abuse Scandal
By: Jeffrey A. Mirus
The latest abuse scandals struck the Church like a tsunami, leaving many of the faithful reeling from renewed accusations of cover-up and neglect. But the scandals offer an occasion to reflect on what is wrong—and in some cases right—in the Church and in the surrounding culture. Does this signal the return of Church discipline?

Departments

Reasons for Hope
The Way of Beauty
By: Cherie Peacock
Letters
We Need "Appealing" Homilies
Damascus Road
Hero to Prisoner to Apologist
By: Russell L. Simpson
By the Book
Predestined for Freedom
By: Tim Staples
Eyes to See
The Whole of Reality
By: Michael Schrauzer
Last Writes
They Who Travel in Realms of Gold
By: Karl Keating

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