Catholicism

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  • My grandfather's seder

    In our family, food is divine.
  • Agony in the garden

    A California diocese recovers from a sex-abuse scandal, and finds that healing comes through facing the truth.
  • Letters to the editor

    Readers defend Scouts' honor Plus: Parsing the pope's apology; how revolutionary is broadband?
  • Pilgrimage and public relations

    Pope John Paul's historic visit to Israel is supposed to spread a message of peace, but Israeli and Palestinian spinmeisters are standing by to read in support of their causes.
  • Gobsmacked II

    Rupert Everett muses on transubstantiation; Trevor-Rees Jones dabbles in exploitation; Julia Roberts half-naked before the nation. We're gobsmacked!
  • Island fever

    I was willing to spring my gay porn past on my unsuspecting family if it would get me on the TV show "Survivor." But would it?
  • Letters to the editor

    Frat boys aren't stupid Plus: Zoetrope zingers par for the course; keep your name, change your religion, but don't blame the Catholic Church.
  • Be fruitful and multiply

    Infertile couples who are members of strict religious organizations often find themselves vilified by the church.
  • AIDS killing supposedly celibate priests

    Six of 10 Roman Catholic clerics who answered a Kansas City Star survey say they've known at least one colleague who's died of the disease.
  • Penis of Jesus trimmed 2,000 years ago

    While the Feast of the Circumcision is no longer a Catholic cause cilhbre, male mutilation continues its barbaric history.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Will staying unmarried save your relationship? Plus: Camille Paglia sparks new "Sensation" debate; should technology change the way we have children?
  • Letters to the Editor

    Do Catholics deserve "Dogma"? Plus: You can't define the Net by its ghettos; what did the Bible tell white supremacist killers?
  • "Dogma"

    Kevin Smith's comic-book vision of church doctrine is a celebratory leap of faith.
  • Grandma sees "Dogma"

    A devout Catholic braves alleged blasphemy, much profanity and partial nudity to see Kevin Smith's latest -- and gives it a thumbs up.
  • Sacré bleu!

    Why are Catholics so set on dogging "Dogma"?
  • Beyond facts

    Can one teach spirituality in college?
  • Holy hassle

    Getting to the Vatican for New Year's Mass, plus advice for first-time cruisers and Auckland sightseers.
  • Bum rap

    A new book accusing Pius XII of being "Hitler's Pope" overestimates the pontiff's influence and underestimates his character.
  • Letters to the Editor

    What's more horrifying, HMOs or the alternative? Plus: Nothing new about Jewish athletes; was Baltimore election about race?
  • The sacred profaned in Santa Fe

    Seeking the intellectual rigor of Catholicism, she found instead a recorded voice in the confessional booth.
  • Letters to the Editor

    You think the media's money fixation is new? Plus: Remembering George C. Scott; what does Salon have against organized religion?
  • He vs. she, part 1

    Even new resident Monica can't handle this one, as Rudy and Hillary prepare to take their fearsome domestic quarrel to upstate New York.
  • Monkish secrets

    A plain-spoken man of the cloth tells how he keeps himself from getting busy.
  • "Magnificent Corpses"

    A guide to saints' relics in Europe should satisfy the most grisly-minded readers.
  • "The Calling"

    A lapsed Catholic goes back to her roots and explores our fascination with nuns.
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