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U.S. Catholic: June 2006
The parent trap: How to break the grip of an on-demand culture
When you find yourself going into debt for your kid’s birthday party, something’s gotten out of whack, says family therapist William Doherty. In Expert Witness he helps parents say no to the ever-growing demands of consumer culture on family life. continue reading ?

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Go in peace: Rituals for the dying
Rich though the Catholic funeral tradition is, explains Joyce Rupp, O.S.M., the dying and those who walk with them often need a more personal touch.

Flag daze
Oh say can you see the red, white, and green? Let's wave-off immigration hysteria.

Tired of trying to break The DaVinci Code? Separate some of the facts from Dan Brown's imaginative fiction with a look at the real Mary Magdalene: "Who framed Mary Magdalene?"

Father Bruce Wellems on the March

?S?, Se Puede! - Yes, We Can!
Watch Claretian Father Bruce Wellems walk with his Latino congregation at the May 1st immigration reform march in Chicago.

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Environmental justice 101
Even if Kristin Shrader-Frechette’s mother hadn’t died of an environmentally-induced cancer, chances are this Notre Dame professor would still have grown up to be a dynamo scholar working for environmental justice. Read an interview with Frechette or view video excerpts.

Suffer the children
A profile of Bangkok’s Mercy Center, where HIV-infected women and their children get a chance to live—and sometimes die—in peace. (Find out more!)

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The Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
Visit our popular online guide to 100 years of Catholic tradition.

Paul Rusesabagina campaigns to end genocide in Darfur: Watch his interview with the editors now or read it in the February issue of U.S. Catholic.


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