U.S. Catholic
February 2006; Volume 71, Number 2
cover story
SuperCatholics? Sizing up the new lay movements
Faster than a flight of angels, leaping church steeples in a single bound—well, maybe not that super. But when it comes to living the faith in the modern world, Renée M. LaReau explains, these lay groups are turning heads.
expert witness
The real hero of Hotel Rwanda
The human family has closed its eyes to the suffering of Africa for far too long, says Paul Rusesasabagina in an interview with editors.
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features
Leading ladies of the early church
Leadership has always been women’s work in the church, says New Testament scholar Barbara Reid, O.P.
What price justice?
Four years after a bloody transition to independence, the people of East Timor are struggling to balance justice and economic stability. In this photo story W. Evan Golder documents their difficult journey.
All in a Day’s work
More than 25 years after her death, Dorothy Day’s witness is as strong as ever. In Wise Guides Robert Ellsberg remembers her decades-long commitment to peace.
sounding board
Does true love have to wait?
With couples waiting longer and longer to marry, church teaching needs to get practical on premarital sex, argues Katherine Osborne in Sounding Board. It’s birds versus bees as readers respond in Feedback.
essays/opinion
Show me the way to go home
No matter where her travels take her, Ann LeBlanc always finds a place to call home.
Peace offering
Annemarie Scobey-Polacheck discovers in Practicing Catholic that the sign of peace can be more than a Sunday handshake.
What I learned from Father Dan
It’s not whether gay or straight that matters, argues Margaret M. Brennan in The Examined Life.
departments
Editors' Note
You May Be Right—Letters
Signs of the Times—News
Catholic Tastes
Glad You Asked: Do Protestants and Catholics read the same book?
Under Review
Spirituality Café
Meditation—Jerry Bleem, O.F.M.
columns
Odds & Ends—Peter Gilmour
It’s mardi gras time!
Margin Notes—Kevin Clarke
Not one life more
Testaments—Alice Camille
Rise, put down your baggage, and Go
Culture in Context—Patrick McCormick
What they overcame