Dr. Jeffrey A. Mirus
President, Trinity Communications
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Now and Tomorrow: The Universal Destination of Goods
Most Americans are fairly affluent. Most Catholics—at least those who take their Faith seriously—worry about this from time to time. If properly directed, such worry is very healthy. We weren’t created to feather our own nests, and if we expend too much of our time and resources on feathering, it interferes mightily with our response to the One who loved us into being. For this reason, it is a good thing to reflect on the comforts we enjoy, the plans we have for our future, and the will of God. And if that doesn’t typically make us uncomfortable, then either something is spiritually wrong or we must be very atypical American Catholics indeed.
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The End of NewsweekCategory: Review
It was nice while it lasted. For the past year, I’ve been writing occasional commentaries on items I’ve culled from Newsweek for no other reason than it was the source I had chosen to keep up with what the American mainstream is saying. In addition to its news coverage, the magazine offers a range of columnists; it is often interesting; and it provides plenty of grist for the Catholic mill.
Mr. Philip F. Lawler
Director, The Catholic Culture Project
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What's wrong with Catholic voters, Continued: answering readers' arguments
Nearly a month ago, immediately after the US presidential elections, I wrote a column in this space lamenting the failure of Catholic voters to unite in opposition to the "culture of death." That column--What's wrong with Catholic voters? What's wrong with Catholics?"--drew more responses from readers than anything else I have ever written online.
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Noticing a tragedy before it happensCategory: Commentary
Years ago, when Yugoslavia was still a single country, a veteran religious-affairs correspondent in Europe warned me to keep an eye on Kosovo. At the time I had never heard of the province, but I did a bit of research, and became acquainted with the long history of religious conflict in that disputed province. What I learned then helped me to understand developments later, when Kosovo became a flashpoint in the ugly religious conflict in the Balkans, and suddenly the name of that province was in the daily headlines.