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Articles in Oct 1, 1999 issue of National Catholic Reporter

• Gramick seeks to overturn ruling - Sister Jeannine Gramick hopes the Vatican will reconsider its order for her to halt her work with gays and lesbians - Brief Article
  by Tom Roberts
• Earthsoil - a.k.a.: dirt - Poem
  by Christine M. Baty
• LETTERS
• Nuns at the U.N - nuns who offer valuable information and assistance to the United nations as members of nongovernmental organizations
  by Arthur Jones
• Chilean priest, a Pinochet supporter, draws fire - Catholic priest and television broadcaster Raul Hasbun; former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte - Brief Article
  by David Molineaux
• Awed by 900 years of Trappist prayer, silence - visit to a Trappist Monastery retreat is described - Brief Article
  by Robert F. Drinan
• To these sisters, United Nations is think-tank, place of hope - Catholic women who participate in the serivces of the United Nations wish everyone could know the entire story of UN international services
  by Arthur Jones
• After Cold War, Cold Peace - the communist rule in eastern Europe did not eradicate the influence of the church, but polls indicate that more eastern Europeans are becoming disenchanted with the church
  by John L. Jr. Allen
• Gathering needed for gays, bishops - Jerry Falwell's meeting with gays should be followed by Catholic bishops meeting with gays - Brief Article
  by Chuck Colbert
• Church pushes for border justice - conference on immigrants and border disputes
  by Nancy Hand
• Well-Spring - Poem
  by Betty A. Boudreaux
• Military women do not benefit from mixed-gender duty - controversy raised when Lt. Ryan Berry asked to be removed from isolated duty with a person of the opposite sex - Brief Article
  by MARIE E. deYOUNG
• Vietnam memorial to lost relationships - experience at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Brief Article
  by Judy Bromberg
• Dispute between bishop, service agency results in split - Bishop Thomas Tobin; Youngstown Catholic Charities Corp., Youngstown, Ohio - Brief Article
• Faith not found in fear-driven radio station. - radio program reviews
  by Tim Unsworth
• NATION - eight Catholic bishops joined in the signing of an ad asking for interenational debt relief, sponsored by Pax Christi USA - Brief Article
  by Matt Kantz
• Untitled - Poem
  by Martin Dominic Austen
• An invitation NCR to launch Message in a Bottle - plans for reader participation in the December 31, 1999-January 7, 2000 issue - Brief Article
  by Michael J. Farrell
• WORLD - Catholic priests fast to protest South Korea's National Security Law - these and other international news items are discussed
  by Matt Kantz
• Christians are few in the Holy Land as history, economics take toll - steadily decreasing number of Christians in the Palestinian Arab community
  by Rosemary Radford Ruether
• Catholics were there at the start - Catholics were present at the planning stages for the United Nations - Brief Article
  by Arthur Jones
• In Colombia, violence is a way of life - the ongoing civil war in Colombia has led some to question the United States' large economic committment to the country
  by Luis Angel Saavedra
• Aiding the Enemy - Acadius, the King of Persia, ordered the melting down of church-owned gold and silver vesels so that a ransom could be paid and starving prisoners released - Brief Article
  by Gary Macy
• ADDENDA - Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion awards a grant to Notre Dame University - this and other items are discussed - Brief Article
  by Matt Kantz
• Liturgy - Poem
  by Sascha T. Moore
• Death Watch - executions: September 10-21, 1999 - Brief Article
  by Matt Kantz
• Three satisfying autumn films Stages of life. - Review - movie reviews
  by Joseph Cuneen