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October 26, 2001 Cover story:
Crescent and
cross
Medieval Crusade themes resonate in today’s battle
with terrorists
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The Word From
Rome
By John L. Allen, Jr.
NCR's
Vatican Correspondent
This feature is updated
weekly.
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The Peace
Pulpit
Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton
This feature is updated
weekly.
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Contents:
The links below will take you to this week’s
stories:
Cover story: Memories of
Crusades live on in today’s war
Cover story: Pressures that
led to an empire-wide movement
Cover story: Crusaders went
from victory to disaster
Inside NCR
Starting Point: A farm and its
dreams for sale
New American ambassador says
U.S. has Vatican support
Synod ingredients include dose
of spice
Abuse of nuns relegated to
synod sideline
Illuminations: From ruthless
corporate life to peace as a Jesuit
Pen-and-ink
prophet
At
the Movies: Inner workings
Robert F. Drinan column:
Anti-terrorism law is filled with dangers
Rosemary Radford Ruether
column: Two spiritualities of violence
Demetria Martinez column:
Coming to grips with the fact of passing on
Viewpoint: About our business
while bombs rain down
EDITORIAL: Many Arabs
can’t see ‘how good we are’
EDITORIAL: Synods offer a peek
at future reforms, reformers
Special Section: Winter
Books
November 2, 2001
Because of its relevance we are also
making available the following article:
Experts say bombing is risky
strategy
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