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Articles in Dec 3, 1999 issue of National Catholic Reporter

• 12,000 call for closing of SOA
  by Patrick Marrin
• Proclamation vs. dialogue - Pope John Paul II criticized for calling for evangelization of Asia
  by Thomas C. Fox
• Church grapples with crowded planet - six billionth person born on earth - Brief Article
  by Robert F. Drinan
• Five books that come as gifts. - Review - book reviews
  by John L. Jr. Allen
• Death Watch - capital punishment toll 589 in US since 1976 - Brief Article
  by Matt Kantz
• Waiting for Grace - Brief Article - Poem
  by Sarah Robinson Flick
• Buddhist-Catholic ethicist thinks God must change - Christian Tobias Meeker, who describes himself as 'profoundly Buddhist'
  by Pamela Schaeffer
• WORLD
  by Matt Kantz
• Bookshelf - selections of religious literature - Bibliography
  by William G. Graham
• A spiritual self-portrait - gay ex-priest
  by David Schimmel
• Our wounds, visible and invisible - Brief Article
  by James Stephen Behrens
• Keeping Faith
• Power And Faith. - Review - movie reviews
  by Joseph Cunneen
• An image of God beyond violence
  by Kathleen Fischer
• Benedictines welcome women to make temporary commitment - Brief Article
  by Arthur Jones
• Segregation in Catholic intellectual life - Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs planned a conference on intellectual life, but neglected to invite any minorities - Brief Article
  by Demetria MARTINEZ
• On the march to a different model of maleness - Dominican Br. Joseph Kilikevice - Interview
  by Rich Heffern
• ADDENDA - a vote to insert a disclaimer in Oklahoma biology textbooks stating that evolution is a controversial theory - this and other items are discussed - Brief Article
  by Matt Kantz
• Beckoning - Brief Article - Poem
  by Stella Nesanovich
• So ancient and so new - personal account of attending a Zen Buddhist sitting; and other Catholics who have been involved in Zen meditation
  by Pamela Schaeffer
• Bishops approve Ex Corde norms - bishops vote to oversee orthodoxy at US Catholic universities and colleges
  by Pamela Schaeffer
• Sic's infallibility bug won't go away - amusing quotations from children, and others
• NATION - the Vatican has barred a 29-year ministry to homosexuals, and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops refuses to protest the ruling - this and other items are discussed
  by Matt Kantz
• Burning - Poem
  by Nancy J. Nowak
• LETTERS
• Canon lawyer named education head - prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education - Brief Article
  by Jonathan Luxmoore
• Martini repeats his call for reform - Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini - Brief Article
  by John L. Jr. Allen
• We are called to stand apart in defense of life - Bishop Daniel Reilly held a mass to honor veterans, during which weapons are carried into the church and the American flag was put onto the altar and saluted by the bishop - Brief Article
  by Scott Schaeffer-Duffy
• `It will lead only to public bickering' - Archbishop Rembert Weakland speaks out against the plans to oversee US Catholic colleges and universities - Brief Article
  by Rember Weakland
• Fluid Crystal - Poem
  by Mary C. Ferris Chapala
• Pope John said it: Justice before charity - Vice President Al Gore has promised to initiate a program giving every child access to health care, as if such access is charity rather than justice - Brief Article
  by Neve Gordon