A Symposium

The New York Times titled its article, “In Weddings, Pope Looks Past Tradition.” The Wall Street Journal announced that the pope’s presiding over twenty weddings at St. Peter’s on Sunday indicates his desire for a more “open and inclusive church.” CBS News called the mass ceremony “progressive.” 
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The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America by Richard John Neuhaus was published in 1984. Herewith, twenty years later, reflections on the influence of the book and contemporary problems raised by its argument, with a response by Father Neuhaus. Stanley HauerwasI should not like The . . . . Continue Reading »

To help the reader understand the background of the following commentaries, we asked Robert P. George of Princeton University for a brief summary of the 1996-97 cases related to questions of morality and religion. Herewith his pulling together of the pertinent facts. His own commentary appears later . . . . Continue Reading »

Avery Dulles In general terms, Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), which was issued by John Paul II last March, is an analysis of the “culture of death” and an exhortation to promote the “culture of life.” The obligatory force of a pastoral analysis and exhortation of this type is . . . . Continue Reading »