Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Worth noting

Letters from our readers

Physician-assisted suicide: Can the culture of life and love prevail?
By Arland K. Nichols
Faith and hope in Christ are the best weapons against physician-assisted suicide.

Humani Generis revisited after sixty years
By John Young
Pius XII’s 1950 encyclical has proven prophetic.

Confession and conjugal spirituality
By Owen Vyner
Confession should be a critical part of the spiritual lives of married persons.

Love and healing in the integrated person
By Donald DeMarco
Love is the key to restoring human “wholeness” in mind and body.

Homilies on the liturgies of Sundays and feasts
By Fr. George M. Franko

The worship of God—The cure for insanity
By Christi Derr
The beauty and mystery of the liturgy should bring peace to our hearts and minds.

The Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God
By Fr. Frederick L. Miller
The struggle between the Woman and the serpent continues to play out today.

Criteria for graduation speakers at Catholic colleges and universities
By John Bequette, Adam DeVille and David Fleischacker
Avoidance of scandal must be at the forefront in giving honorary degrees and awards.

Helping parishioners grow with liturgical change
By Deacon W. Patrick Cunningham
Upcoming liturgical changes provide many pastoral opportunities and challenges.

Questions Answered

Book Reviews

Editorial—The meaning of sacrament