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In Focus: Wild rides of 2006

OSV takes a look back at the highlights and lowlights of the year now coming to a close.

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Keeping up with the Joneses

Editor Gerald Korson tells the story of five Catholic women who had a sudden "career change" in the 1930s.

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Deficit rises at the expense of programs for poor

The war in Iraq deepens the national debt; the poor suffer the consequences through social-services cuts.

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Scandals shows need for parish fiscal transparency

Dioceses and parishes are beginning to tighten fiscal oversight and train its financial officers better.

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Human sex trafficking a growing domestic trade

It's not just a foreign problem: thousands of human victims are lured into slavery each year in the "land of the free."

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Thirsting for Jesus the way he thirsts for us

This article has free access for all visitors. Father Joe Langford describes Mother Teresa's spirituality and how he came to co-found with her a religious order for priests.

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Expanded Interview with Fr. Joe Langford

This is the expanded interview by OSV staff with Fr. Joe Langford, who is co-founder of Mother Teresa's order of priests.

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Preaching Christ in the streets

Emmaus Ministries reaches out to bring Christ, his gospel and redemption to male prostitutes.

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Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Carl Olson's Scripture column explains how the Holy Family is a model for a "domestic church" that leads us to the Father.

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Chaplains to the stars

You'll find dedicated priests ready to serve the faithful in unusual places -- on the gridiron, the race track, even under the big top.

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Poor, chaste, obedient

Msgr. M. Francis Mannion explains that you don't have to be a vowed religious in order to practice the charisms of poverty, chastity and obedience.

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Performance-enhancing drugs not a moral option

Athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs not only damage their health, but also negatively impact family and society.

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At the foot of the cross

Kathy Shaidle says a press photo of a man praying before an absent shrine reminds us of how culture can surrender its beliefs.

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Annual bragging rights

Publisher Greg Erlandson says that while annual Christmas letters usually accentuate the positive in families, it's the conflicts and embarassments that make a family what it is -- a "work in progress."

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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

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War and peace

may not have surprised anyone with his World Day of Peace message, but the points he raises are well worth our reflection.

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Protect your home, yes, but at what human cost?

States are making it easier to kill in self-defense and to use deadly force against any intruders

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