Volume 22 Number 1

Issue Date: 
January, 2011

Features

Yada, Yada . . .
By: Ron Rychlak
In scholarly writing three dots signify omitted text. While a perfectly valid shorthand, the ellipsis can be abused to further the writer’s agenda. Case in point: the smear campaign against Pius XII.
A Meditation on a Mature Marriage
By: Jeffrey A. Mirus
Couples often emerge from their “engaged encounters” aglow with the prospect of living out the procreative and unitive meaning of marriage—one admirable effect of John Paul II’s theology of the body. But beyond the romance at the start of a marriage lies something more profound: the fruits of a lifetime spent in self-gift.
The Nadir of American Catholicism
By: Russell Shaw
For American Catholics, the last decade—marked by scandal, cover-ups, and fierce division—oft seems the worst of times. But it’s arguable that 1976 marked the low point. That year, the battle lines for the soul of the American Church were being drawn. We’re still reeling from the effects.
Five Things Apologists Can Learn from the Pope’s UK Visit
By: Kenneth D. Whitehead
Benedict XVI’s historic visit to the United Kingdom in 2010 was supposed to fail. Instead, the pope drew huge crowds and even made the British establishment take notice. How did he do it? By quietly pointing to Jesus Christ—an approach every apologist can imitate.
E-Culturation
By: Leon J. Suprenant
Can anything good come from the Age of Technology? (Pace, Mr. Check.) The Holy Father thinks so. And so do a lot of Catholics, who are finding that a wide array of communications means that there are almost no barriers to evangelization—as long as we don’t become so enamored of the means that we lose sight of the end.

Departments

Reasons for Hope
Countless Silken Ties
By: Cherie Peacock
Letters
Russell Ford: Legal Update
Damascus Road
The Bruised Reed He Does Not Break
By: Erik M.
By the Book
Worship the Way God Commanded
By: Jim Blackburn
Eyes to See
A Timeless Reminder
By: Michael Schrauzer
Last Writes
The Apologists’ Rule
By: Karl Keating

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