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Catholic Dossier
ISSUES IN THE ROUND

Volume 5,No.1                                                     January/February1999


Editorial

The Hearth of the Matter

Letters

Detonating the Nuclear Family, Ralph McInerny

 

Articles

Marriage: The Crisis and the Cure, Laura Garcia

John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, Mary Shivanandan

Marriage Annulments and Married Personalism, Msgr. Cormac Burke

Marriage as a Sacrament, Christopher Kaczor

 

Documentation

True Human Love Reflects the Divine, Pope John Paul II

Columns

Marriage Preparation, Janet E. Smith

The Sins of Fathers, and Mothers, James Hitchcock

Law: The Servant of Marriage, Gerard V. Bradley


Fiction

The Dutiful Son, Ralph McInerny

 


HIGHLIGHTS

Hang em High?
In our letters section, readers re act to our Death Penalty issue.

The Pope and the Family
Mother and scholar Mary Shivan an dan ex plains some of the Pope’s documents on marriage. In Documentation, a beautiful letter from the Holy Father to married couples.

Love and Marriage
Laura Garcia on why the rest of the world just doesn’t have it right when it comes to marriage.

Till Death Do Us Part
Rev. Cormac Burke on annulments, the marks of a valid marriage, and the way things ought to be.

A Personal Look
Christopher Kaczor with a husband and father’s insights on the Sacrament of Matrimony.

Royal Smut
All is not well in Merrie Old England. James Hitchcock with an explanation for the royal foibles.

Matchmaker, Matchmaker...
Rev Tevye’s daughters made good matches, with a little help. Janet Smith wants to extend the same help to young Catholics today.

Man and Wife (Not Husband)
Gerry Bradley says since law is the servant, and not the maker, of marriages, there is no authority to “create” gay marriages.

Vintage Dowling
We all want our sons to be dutiful sons. Or do we?


CATHOLIC DOSSIER (ISSN 1087-402X) is published bi-monthly for $29.95 a year by Ignatius Press, 2515 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. Periodical paid at San Francisco, CA and additional mailing offices.

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Editor: Ralph McInerny · Assistant Editor: Ellen Rice · Editorial Assistant: Sean Vinck Managing Editor: Mark Brumley (e-mail: mbrumley@compuserve.com) · Copy Editor: Jean Oesterle Fulfillment Manager: Christina Bellows · Art Director: Riz Boncan Marsella Columnists: James Hitchcock, Gerard Bradley, Janet Smith

Editorial Board: Reed Armstrong, John Evans, Bruce Fingerhut, Paul Mankowski, S.J., Fred Freddoso, Gavin Colvert, Janet E. Smith, Joseph Fessio, S.J., Helen Hull Hitchcock, John Mallon, Msgr. William B. Smith, William Wallace, O.P.

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