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Vol XXXIIII No. 71

Thursday, January 27, 2000

  Commentaries

Pope should retire to save Church in China
By Gary Caruso

With our recent leap into the 21st century comes news that China and the Vatican are at odds over the installation of Catholic bishops. China, without Vatican approval or consultations, ordained bishops of their political liking into the Catholic Church. In ... [more]
MLK a modern prophet
Letter to the editor

On Sunday, Jan. 16, the eve of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we read the story of young Samuel being called by the Lord to deliver a message to the elder Eli. At that time, Samuel was not familiar with ... [more]
Do you really belong here?
Letter to the editor

I came to the University of Notre Dame to continue to grow in my faith. I'm here to learn and pray, to be a better person for having been here. Isn't that everyone's ultimate goal? Believing this, I was confused by ... [more]
Sex means committment, not just affection
Letter to the editor

Tuesday, Jeff Eyerman wrote a letter endorsing the view that marriage is an out-dated and unnecessary sacrament. According to him, marriage is not necessary to legitimize sex as long as two people are "in love." For the moment, let's set aside ... [more]


Inside Column
Tumbling Down
By LAURA PATELLE
Assistant Managing Editor

I fell down the stairs in DeBartolo. There's nothing quite so embarrassing as falling down stairs. It's like screaming, "Look! I don't know how to walk! I'm incapable of putting one foot in front of the other! I don't know how ... [more]


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