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U.S. Catholic ∙ Vol. 76, No. 8 ∙ August 2011

COVER STORY

Labor pains: What Wisconsin tells us about
Catholic support for unions
Support for working people has long been a rallying cry of Catholic social teaching, reports Kristen Hannum. So why did the Catholic response to the Dairy State union battle make so little noise?

Sidebar:
Rerum roots: A history of American Catholic support for unions

INTERVIEW

In the (Middle) Kingdom of God
If you think being Catholic in America is hard, says Claretian Father Francisco Carin in Expert Witness, try negotiating the church-state minefield in the People’s Republic of China.

SOUNDING BOARD

And lead us not into temper tantrums
What’s that smell? Sorry, that’s my toddler, writes Heidi Schlumpf in Sounding Board, rushing to change a diaper. Would you give her a hand instead of making a face? In Feedback readers take a stab at the best way to welcome a parish’s youngest members.

FEATURES

Born-again Catholics
While the Catholic lives of most faithful start in the cradle, J. Peter Nixon reports on those who found their way to Rome long after they had made their way to Christ.

Sidebar:
Just what is an 'evangelical' anyway?

Mother to the masses
Mother Francesca Xavier Cabrini ran a missionary empire on spare change, writes Joan Sauro, C.S.J. in Wise Guide.

ESSAYS

On the road
Walking the Camino to Santiago de Compostela in Spain is filled with prayerful silence, writes Frank Cunningham in this essay, with photos by Lynne and Garry Eastman, but the absence of the church’s ministry to pilgrims leaves a silent void.

Guilt trip down memory lane
Some youthful indiscretions stick with you, says Daniel J. Demers in this cautionary tale. Take notice altar servers: Hands off the wine.

DEPARTMENTS

Editors' Note
You May Be Right Letters
Signs of the Times News
Catholic Tastes
Culture in Context: Reviews
Glad You Asked: Why isn't transubstantiation in the creed?
At Home with Our Faith  
Eye of the Beholder 
Jerry Bleem, O.F.M.

COLUMNS

The Examined Life - Bryan Cones
The buck stops where?

Margin Notes - Kevin Clarke
Leave no trace

Culture in Context - Patrick McCormick
Super humans

Testaments - Alice Camille
Step by step