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Articles in Dec 21, 2001 issue of National Catholic Reporter

• Extend God's peace in this poignant season of hope - Openers - Brief Article
  by Richard Broderick
• Workplace bias complaints by Muslims, Sikhs rise - Nation - discrimination complaints increase following terrorist attacks - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Importance of Jewish scriptures examined - World - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Serving in a new, intriguing place - Christmas - Fr. Bob McCahill in Bangladesh
  by Bob McCahill
• What would Jesus do? - Letters - Letter to the Editor
• Models of holiness and married life: couple's beatification spotlights marital sanctity - Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi
  by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy
• Massacre survivors seek justice, reconciliation - World - El Mozote massacres in El Salvador - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Gift from a year dying of heartbreak - Viewpoint - Brief Article
  by Eugene Kennedy
• Breaking out of the futile, deadly dance - Editorial - Brief Article
• Professor: U.S. bombs kill 62 Afghan civilians a day - Nation/World - Marc W. Herold - Brief Article
  by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy
• Death watch - Nation - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Nuncio apologizes for sexual abuse scandals - World - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Working hard to be festive, all by myself: panicked search for perfect tree redeemed by joy of good company - Brief Article - Column
  by Jeannette Batz
• Antiwar activist Berrigan released from prison - Nation - Philip Berrigan - Brief Article
  by Patrick O'Neill
• Hope for peace found at grassroots level: Pope's choice of words at summit of prelates miffs Israeli ambassador - World
  by John Allen, L., Jr.
• Theological exploitation - Letters
  by Wendy Flannery
• Peace activist brings aid as bombs fall: organizations deliver food, blankets to displaced persons in Afghanistan - World - Brief Article
  by Robert McClory
• Religious communities to collaborate on projects - Nation - Paulist Fathers, Sisters of Our Lady of Sion, Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement promote interfaith work - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Church grows when pastor helps people find God's love - Nation - Brief Article
  by Patricia Lefevere
• Unwrap your hidden inner Christmas - author vows to observe the spirit of Christmas rather than be swayed by the materialistic mayhem of the holiday - Brief Article - Column
  by Kris Berggren
• Inside NCR - Openers - marriage, censorship - Brief Article
  by Tom Roberts
• Muslims praise arrest of Jewish bombing suspects - Nation - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Controversial figures set for canonization - World - Capuchin friar Padre Pio, Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, Juan Diego - Brief Article
  by John Allen, L., Jr.
• Important witness - Letters
  by Bill Picard
• Inside NCR - Openers
  by Tom Roberts
• Youth conference focuses on vocations - Nation - 26th biennial National Catholic Youth Conference - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Withdraw from territories, Vatican tells Israel - World - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Creating a stained glass window - Christmas - Brief Article
  by Teresa Malcolm
• A marzipan strawberry and a tin alligator: re-creating a Norman Rockwell Christmas the way it used to be, or the way we imagine it was - author's memories of his childhood Christmases - Brief Article - Column
  by Christopher De Vinck
• War and justice don't mix, Catholic leaders say - Nation
  by Pamela Schaeffer
• Archbishop calls for end to violent rent dispute - World - Kenya - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Where measuring your own land is against the law - Opinion - Brief Article
  by Neve Gordon
• By our love - Letters
  by George F. Gilliland
• Pacifist petition circulates among Massachusetts catholics - Nation/World - Brief Article
  by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy
• New York archdiocese settles with teachers union - Nation - Federation of Catholic Teachers - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Apostolic prefectures in Quetta, Pakistan, established - World - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Covenant - Poetry - Poem
  by Christine Rodgers
• Scholars say bin Laden misquoted the Quran - Nation - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Parable of jarring reality: Mexican photographer blends aesthetics, social themes - Photo Essay - Manuel Alvarez Bravo
  by Ted Parks
• Not in Limbo - Letters
  by Paul J. Ackerman
• Vatican prepares two new documents on family - World - Pontifical Council for the Family - Brief Article
  by John L. Allen, Jr.
• Theologians say clones would have souls - Nation - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Joy reverberating for 2,000 years: meeting of Mary, Elizabeth glows in vibrant hues in new entrance window of school run by Visitation nuns - Christmas - artist Lea Koesterer creates stained glass window for Visitation Academy, St. Louis, Missouri - Cover
  by Teresa Malcolm
• Joy and hope, even in the face of death: enduring power of love is message of both Sept. 11 and Dec. 25 - author explores meaning of Christmas in light of terrorist attacks on United States - Brief Article - Column
  by Richard McBrien
• Look up and see the light of day - Starting Point - Brief Article
  by James Stephen Behrens
• Yale dean resigns after alleged embezzlement - Nation - Dean Ralph William Franklin - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Pat's clear, direct letters could bend a bishop's miter: with humor and sarcasm, she calls elitists and bishops to task - Column
  by Tim Unsworth
• Killing for country - Letters
  by Tom Siemer
• As war rages, talk of peace: Pope pleads fop end to violence - Nation/World - Pope John Paul II - Brief Article
  by John L. Allen, Jr.
• Erosion of civil liberties called a `Faustian bargain' - Nation - U.S. bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and National Council of Synagogues reflects on war against terrorism - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Bishops' activities restricted by government - World - China - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Advent longing - poetry - Poem
  by Christa Cunningham
• Go pitch a tent - Brief Article
  by Madeleine Ducey Fister
• Theology of marriage evolving: since Vatican II, church challenged by richer understanding of sacrament - Statistical Data Included
  by Margot Patterson
• Bishops urge low-key Christmas celebration - World - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Prophetic view - Letters
• U.S. ignores true threats to peace - Editorial - Brief Article
• Media supplies simple solutions, writer says - Nation/World - Isabel Hilton - Brief Article
  by Arthur Jones
• Peace Team goes to West Bank over holidays - Nation - International Solidarity Campaign invites Michigan Peace Team - Brief Article
  by Patrick O'Neill
• Bishops appeal for peace following violent elections - World - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• God with Us - Poetry - Poem
  by Steven Shoemaker
• Damaged cathedral may reopen by Christmas - Nation - Cathedral of St. John the Divine - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Anglican clergy offered self-defense classes - World - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Sees no evil - Letters
  by Gino Dalpiaz
• Institute explores justice as part of peace process - Nation/World - Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice - Brief Article
  by Arthur Jones
• Fearing lawsuits, Wal-Mart restricts salvation army - Nation - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Importance of Jewish scriptures examined - World
  by Gill Donovan
• Emmanuel - Poetry - Poem
  by Diana Seago
• Bad confession - Letter to the Editor
  by Michael Welch
• Mayors find hunger increasing in their cities - Nation - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
  by Gill Donovan
• Christians join to oppose `Harvard Mouse' - World - Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and the Canadian Council of Churches argue in courts over patenting of genetically modified animals - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Is it so wrong? - Letters
  by Joseph Protano, Jr.
• Bank's links to arms trade provoke boycott - Nation/World - Bank of Rome - Brief Article
  by John L. Allen, Jr.
• Addenda - current events - Brief Article - Column
  by Gill Donovan
• Inadequate adoption laws exploit families - World - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Mary's Mass - poetry - Poem
  by Bruce Snowden
• Mr. Bush, we're ready for new marching orders - Editorial
• Group urges legislators to scrap death penalty - Nation - New Jerseyans for a Death Penalty Moratorium - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
  by Patricia Lefevere
• Pope visits 300th Rome parish - World - Santa Maria Josefa del Cuore di Gesu - Brief Article
  by Gill Donovan
• Restore Jesus' church - Letters
  by Ron Eyer