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Cover Story

A Church At The Crossroads
Sex abuse scandal, priest shortages, celibacy, ordaining women: The issues roiling the Catholic Church offer challenges - and hope? - for the future.  by Heidi Schlumpf

From El Salvador to South Africa
Challenges to the church in the global South.  by Marie Dennis

Beyond 'Certitudes and Order'
The vatican's management problem.  by Richard Rohr, OFM

Features

An Ethic of Resurrection
The timeless and timely vision of William Stringfellow  by Bill Wylie-Kellerman

Mountain Defender
With fierce faith, Julia Bonds works to save the land and people of West Virginia.  by Beth Newberry

Border Calling
Anunciation House reaches out to the undocumented with faith and hospitality.  by James Reel

Commentary

Privatizing Social Security
If a lie is repeated often enough, it becomes accepted wisdom.  by Harry C. Kiely

Beyond Made-for-TV Aid
Dim visions of a redeemed military  by Ryan Beiler

What's right with this picture?
The Micah Challenge calls evangelicals to get serious about bringing good news to the poor.  by Elizabeth Palmberg

Columns

Hearts & Minds: The Bush Doctrine
If the war in Iraq is the 'practical' expression of George Bush's theology of liberty and freedom, the world is in serious trouble.  by Jim Wallis

H'rumphs: Advice to a Young Man
Fortunately, social structures are well established. If you're cool.  by Ed Spivey, Jr.

Culture Watch

I Yam What I Yam
I Yam What I Yam  by Danny Duncan Collum

Fallen Creatures in a Fallen World
The films of John Cassavetes.  by Darren Hughes

A Handbook for Despair
A review of Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, by Ann Lamott  Reviewed by Molly Marsh
Book Review: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

A Preacher's Last Rites
A review of Gilead, by Marilyn Robinson  Reviewed by Jesse Holcomb
Book Review: Gilead

Disarming Words
A review of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2  Reviewed by Kimberly Barge
Audio Review: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

New and Noteworthy
compiled by Molly Marsh

• Television: Let the Church Say Amen
• Book: Rise Up witha Listening Heart

Departments

Inside Story
by The Editors

Letters
| Speaking Truth To Power | Public vs. Private Schools? | The Toll of Poverty and War |

Between the Lines
| Feed Your Kids! | Como se Llamas? | Catholic Sisters Implement Living Wage | Acting Out About Spilt Milk | My Burden Is Light | Who's There? Selective Service | News Bites |

Poetry: Darfur
by Louise Murphy

Living the Word: Relentless Love
The resurrection makes hope a permanent and immovable feature of the new creature in which we now dwell.  by Paula Gooder