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Articles in Dec 17, 2004 issue of National Catholic Reporter

• State Democrats prod partyline
• Spokane files for bankruptcy
• Black Friday, white Christmas: why we should be grateful for the commercialization of Christ's birth
  by Angelo Stagnaro
• The art of union with Reality: mystics and poets sense God in the ordinary
  by Antonia Ryan
• Book traces the uneasy history of Catholics and evangelicals
  by Darrell Turner
• God's voice in an Arabic lesson
  by Mel Lehman
• Irene "Beth" Stroud
• Middle East conflicts
  by Robert Gularte
• The physics of love
  by Jeannette Cooperman
• Dennis Ross speaks his piece; Mideast envoy saw region's major players up close
  by Margot Patterson
• NBC, CBS reject church ads
• Haitian violence
  by Tom Luce
• Overdue win for janitors
• Pro-choice community urged to value fetal life
  by Joe Feuerherd
• Christmas comes quietly
  by Antonia Ryan
• The mystical vision of Louis Massignon: Islam inspired scholar's gratitude, life work and Christian faith
  by Jerry Ryan
• Typhoon aftermath
• Dominican Sr. Carol Gilbert
• 16th of November
  by Marie P. Morgan
• Transforming the energy of pain
  by Patricia Lefevere
• Deep spirituality needed to save the world; counselor, author sees new science leading back to the sacred
  by Rich Heffern
• Gregory named Atlanta archbishop
• Priests deplore bishops' lack of repentance, discussion
  by Patricia Lefevere
• The gift of lupus
  by Ellen Logue
• Religious left sees opportunity in Democrats' 'values' debate: chance to reclaim virtue, broaden religious discussion
  by Joe Feuerherd
• Her silence speaks to them: women, others with special needs find hope in Audrey's story
  by Mathew N. Schmalz
• Globalization proceeds without practical ethical guides; Catholics need to work on complicated issues of world trade
  by Michael Gillgannon
• Respite from reduced religion
• Rachel Shankman
• Nuns vital as ever
  by Elaine Berkopec
• Advent Ritual
  by John Chuchman
• Caregivers find capacity for spirituality lingers: Alzheimer's, dementia patients respond to songs, prayers, religious symbols
  by Patricia Lefevere
• After talking about God, learning to talk to God
  by Deborah Halter
• Claims on oil ownership proceed
• Native name change
  by Thomas Ivan Dahlheimer
• Openings on values front
• As the victim sees it: conference hears actor tell 80-minute story of sexual betrayal
  by Patricia Lefevere
• God or the gridiron?
• The Badaliya prays for and with Muslims
  by Dorothy C. Buck
• Wages don't lift workers
• Renaming the scandal?
  by Christopher F. Masters
• Health association head to resign
  by Arthur Jones
• Rumsfeld's act falls flat
• Settlement might set record
• Sex and sensibility: 'Kinsey' and 'Bad Education' raise provocative questions
  by Joseph Cunneen
• Hunger threatens war-displaced
• Abortion solution
  by Eileen Guimond
• Missions' restoration questioned
• Starting point
  by Ed Horvat
• Don't buy into Yuletide hard sell
  by Rich Heffern
• Statues, icons and holy and cards: images of saints enhance Christian devotion
  by Antonia Ryan
• The Diarmuid O'Hurchu reading list
  by Rich Heffern
• Jarrett Taxman
• Base communities eroding
  by Larry Boudreau
• Remembering Fr. Myles Bourke, scholar and pastor
  by Frank Oveis
• Paper ends investigation
• Threats of jail: is journalism's 'fragile privilege' at risk? Reporters face growing legal pressures to reveal sources
  by Geri L. Dreiling