Catholic Dossier - May/June 1999

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Highlights

HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?
Robert Royal with a penetrating look at proper, and improper, responses to
a world that lives without Christ.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT GOING TO HELL
Templeton Prize winner Michael Novak explores the countercultural notion of serving God even if you own a lot of mammon. Charles E. Rice tells how Catholic lawyers can avoid getting caught in the undertow and actually make the world a better place. Mark Walsh tells how a Catholic upbringing has impacted his practice of medicine.

CULTURAL CURRENTS
Sean Vinck surveys our dismal political landscape and proposes solutions that will truly further the common good. Fr. David Meconi, S.J. with an outstanding article examining the Holy Father’s call to women to build the culture of life.

BUILDING THE CULTURE
OF LIFE
Our documentation section features Ch. IV of Evangelium Vitae, which is the blueprint to follow in the task of building the culture of life.

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION
Gerard V. Bradley analyzes the outlandish Mystery Passage found in the Supreme Court decision of Planned Parenthood v. Casey. James Hitchcock wonders how soft American Catholics would fare, should the prevailing culture turn us into a persecuted people. Janet E. Smith recommends two heartwarming foreign films that nourish the soul.

FR. DOWLING DRAMA
There’s been a hiatus in the streak of brutal murders on consecrated ground. One could say that St. Hilary’s Parish has won the war against the culture of death.