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Articles in Sept 19, 1997 issue of National Catholic Reporter

• Homosexuality a major pastoral challenge - National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries
  by Leslie Wirpsa
• Pope's cultural critique lacks perspective: deriding the West as a 'culture of death.' - Poe John Paul II in his 1995 'Evangelium Vitae' - Column
  by Daryl P. Domning
• St. Louis philosopher looks deeply at life: John Kavanaugh, lover of music, a keeper of friends - Catholic priest - Profile - Interview
  by Jeannette Batz
• Catholic Charities deals with 'welfare repeal.' - the poor are made scapegoats - Column
  by Thomas C. Fox
• Diana's tragedy recalls other passings - Princess Diana's televised funeral reminds a woman that by speaking of dead ones, we keep them alive in our memories - reflection - Column - Brief Article
  by Patty McCarty
• Craving for titillating bits erodes privacy, produces gossip-mongering society - Column
  by Joan Chittister
• Black Catholics share pride, renew roots: drums, kente cloth, swaying bishops enliven meeting - Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze was a speaker - Cover Story
  by Vivian Rouson
• Excesses mark new hysteria over youth crime - violent crime, including juvenile crime is actually down - Editorial
• Trick is to stop chasing grace and let it find you - excerpted from, 'Chasing Grace: Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up - Starting Point - Column
  by Martha Manning
• Donahue's priestly oils still sizzle - John Donahue, ex-priest and director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless - Column
  by Tim Unsworth
• Camden teachers' strike heats up: settlement in Philly - lay teachers at Catholic high schools in New Jersey, and Philadelphia
  by John L. Allen, Jr
• Mother Teresa, 87 friend to destitute, dies in CAlcutta - Mother Teresa: A Supplement - Obituary
  by Eileen Egan
• Terra: Struggle of the Landless. - book reviews
  by Mark Chmiel
• What happens when child says, 'I'm gay'? Catholic parents join for support, ministry
  by Chuck. Colbert
• Cold War teaches that what we resist persists - Column
  by Rosemary Radford Ruether
• Catechism takes harder line on death penalty - Latin edition of the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' contains hundreds of changes including a stronger position against capital punishment - Brief Article
• 'Tiny bit of pencil' with which God wrote - Mother Teresa: A Supplement - Obituary
• Brazilian poor used as slaves, bishop charges - number of landless slum-dwelling peasants exploited may be as many as 26,000 says Bishop Herbert Hermes
  by Pat Marrin