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Of Many Things OF MANY THINGS ou may not know that in Brits placed “infra-red cameras on the 106 West 56th Street addition to our entanglements Britannia rail bridge between Anglesey New York, NY 10019-3803 Ph: 212-581-4640; Fax: 212-399-3596 and the mainland.” Surely this unfair Yin the Middle East and Subscriptions: 1-800-627-9533 elsewhere, the United States is currently advantage offends the virile honour of www.americamagazine.org prosecuting a land war in Britain. For the reds, you say? Hardly, for the reds facebook.com/americamag more than five decades now, Britain’s are notoriously effete. But don’t take twitter.com/americamag native red squirrel has been locked in my word for it. Here’s what the Red PRESIDENT AND EDITOR IN CHIEF mortal combat with his cousin from Squirrel Survival Trust has to say: Matt Malone, S.J. across the pond, the American grey “When the red squirrel is put under EXECUTIVE EDITORS squirrel. Every autumn, the British pressure, it will not breed as often.” Robert C. Collins, S.J., Maurice Timothy Reidy press files reports from the various Really? The British red squirrel, then, MANAGING EDITOR Kerry Weber theaters of operation. When I was living is unable to perform the procreative act LITERARY EDITOR Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. in London a couple of years ago, I was because his bombastic American cousin SENIOR EDITOR AND CHIEF CORRESPONDENT amused to read one morning in The is making too much noise? Where is Kevin Clarke Telegraph newspaper that the greys or, the manly virtue that is said to have EDITOR AT LARGE James Martin, S.J. “the American Expeditionary Force” triumphed at Agincourt? POETRY EDITOR Joseph Hoover, S.J. as I choose to call them, were on the What does any of this have to do ASSOCIATE EDITOR AND VATICAN CORRESPONDENT Gerard O’Connell verge of a rout of the reds and were even with the present issue of America? ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ashley McKinless “threatening the borders of Scotland.” Very little, I should think. But that’s ASSISTANT EDITORS Francis W. Turnbull, S.J., Olga The British government was O.K.; there’s a reason this column is Segura, Joseph McAuley attempting to spin the ignominious called Of Many Things. Still, even ART DIRECTOR Sonja Kodiak Wilder defeat into a victory of sorts à la casual observers of the U.S. Congress COLUMNISTS Helen Alvaré, John J. Conley, S.J., Dunkirk. The Prince of Wales was will note that the fight between red Daniel P. Horan, O.F.M., James T. Keane, John W. Martens, Bill McGarvey, Angela Alaimo O’Don- leading the propaganda effort, though and blue in Washington is nearly as nell, Margot Patterson, Nathan Schneider his much-vaunted good nature did not ferocious as the fight between red and CORRESPONDENTS prevent the deployment of the most grey in Britain. It is a good sign, then, John Carr (Washington), Jim McDermott, S.J. (Los Angeles), Timothy Padgett (Miami), Steven amusing stereotypes, revealing that the when two people like Paul Ryan and Schwankert (Beijing), David Stewart, S.J. (London), United States and our closest ally are Joe Kennedy, two congressmen from Judith Valente (Chicago), Mary Ann Walsh, R.S.M. actually fighting a proxy war. According different parties and with very different (U.S. Church) to The Telegraph, the red squirrel, ideological perspectives, come together MODERATOR, CATHOLIC BOOK CLUB Kevin Spinale, S.J. “Britain’s most adorable mammal” for informed, civil conversation, as they EDITORIAL E-MAIL (other than Her Majesty, presumably), have done in these pages this month. [email protected] was being “bullied by its bigger, pox- Civilization, wrote Thomas Gilby, O.P., carrying cousin, the American Grey,” is marked by people locked together PUBLISHER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER who was said to possess a ravenously in argument. Let’s leave the baser and Edward Spallone disastrous appetite. This compares more brutal warfare, therefore, to the DEPUTY PUBLISHER unfavorably, of course, with the reds, uncivilized lower animals. Rosa Del Saz VICE PRESIDENT/ADVANCEMENT who have a “gourmet approach to food,” As for our mates across the Atlantic, Daniel Pawlus according to the newspaper. (If that they need to face up to their true DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR is the case, then the reds are the only enemy in the battle being waged just Kerry Goleski British mammals with such culinary outside their backdoors: self-deception. OPERATIONS STAFF sensibility.) The reds, accordingly, were The fact is, as one behavioral scientist Chris Keller, Glenda Castro ADVERTISING CONTACT referred to as “endearing natives,” while has written: “Although complex and [email protected]; 212-515-0102 the greys were mere “vermin.” controversial, the main factor in the SUBSCRIPTION CONTACT/ADDITIONAL COPIES None of this pap, of course, should eastern grey squirrel’s displacement [email protected]; distract the astute and fair-minded of the red squirrel is thought to 1-800-627-9533 observer from the essential fact of the be its greater fitness and, hence, a matter: Defeat is at hand. The reds competitive advantage over the red © 2014 America Press, Inc. did attempt a “fightback” on Anglesey squirrel on all measures.” Finally, a (an island theater of dubious import truth speaker: Adriano Martinoli, the Cover: Saint Angela Merici School, Bronx, N.Y. just off the coast of Wales), but this eminent Italian ecologist. Courtesy of Archdiocese of New York/John was only possible because the human MATT MALONE, S.J. Raiola. Contents www.americamagazine.org VOL. 211 NO. 11, WHOLE NO. 5065 OCTOBER 20, 2014 ARTICLES 15 DIGNITY FOR ALL Justice begins with economic security. Joe Kennedy 20 LISTEN TO THE SPIRIT Cardinal Walter Kasper on the Synod on the Family Gerard O’Connell 25 LEARNING CURVE How one archdiocese adapted its Catholic schools for the 21st century. Timothy Dolan 27 OUR BLEEDING HEARTS Seeking more mercy from the media Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS 15 4 Current Comment 5 Editorial Persons, Not Products 6 Reply All 8 Signs of the Times 12 Column Commons Sense Nathan Schneider 30 Vatican Dispatch Shock Waves in Rome Gerard O’Connell 31 Faith in Focus My Holy Fathers Charles M. Murphy 34 Philosopher’s Notebook The Blue Wall John J. Conley 43 The Word God’s Interest 20 John W. Martens BOOKS & CULTURE 35 IDEAS Tales of modern immigration POEM Autumn BOOKS The Twilight of the American Enlightenment; Inside the Jesuits; All Good Books Are Catholic Books ON THE WEB Gerard O’Connell interviews Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze- kiun about the democracy protests in Hong Kong and Sean Salai, S.J., interviews technology guru Peter Thiel. Full digital highlights on page 18 and at americamagazine.org/ webfeatures. 35 CURRENT COMMENT Clyde Reed and his church, protesting what they consider Father Arrupe’s Return the town’s arbitrary limits on the size and number of church “The ship of the Society has been tossed around by the signs. waves, and there is nothing surprising in this,” said Pope According to the town code, temporary directional signs Francis during a Vespers service in Rome on Sept. 27 must be 70 percent smaller than “ideological” signs and 81 that marked the 200th anniversary of the restoration of percent smaller than “political” signs. While nonreligious the Society of Jesus in 1814, after its suppression by Pope signs may remain up indefinitely, Good News’s 2-by-3 foot Clement XIV in 1773. The pope urged his brother Jesuits: signs may stay up for only 14 hours. Town officials cite traffic “Row then! Row, be strong, even against a headwind! We safety concerns and aesthetics to justify the strictures on row in the service of the church. We row together!” church signs. A 32-square-foot political sign left standing for Afterward, the pope visited a side chapel to bless a new months, however, would apparently be acceptable. painting of the “Deposition of Christ,” showing three men On Sept. 15, A.D.F. attorneys filed their opening briefs removing Christ’s body from the cross. The faces of the with the Supreme Court. “No law should treat the speech of men are those of three Jesuits now buried in the chapel, churches worse than the speech of other similar speakers,” who guided the Society in times of persecution, struggle or said the senior counsel David Cortman. If this case is a sign misunderstanding. At the top is St. Joseph Pignatelli, S.J. of the times, it’s a worrying one. (1737-1811), the Spanish Jesuit who served as a guiding light during the four decades of the suppression. Beneath him is Jan Roothaan, S.J. (1785-1853), superior general Let Democracy Bloom during a period when Jesuits were still banished from many Rhetoric on both sides of the confrontation in Hong Kong countries. Perhaps most notable is the man at Jesus’ feet: has ratcheted up dangerously since the Occupy Central Servant of God Pedro Arrupe, S.J. (1907-91), the superior students’ campaign for democracy began on Sept. 28. Now general who, after suffering a stroke in 1981, appointed a student leaders are demanding the resignation of Hong vicar general who was subsequently removed by St. John Kong’s chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, and on the Paul II and replaced by a Vatican appointee. In response mainland editorials in party-controlled media have begun to that decision, Father Arrupe called for obedience from to complain ominously that the student demonstration Jesuits worldwide—and received it. has become a threat to the city’s economy and good public Early in his pontificate, Pope Francis paid a public visit order. The real fear in Beijing is, of course, the impact any to this small chapel, touched the marble covering of Father democratic liberalization in Hong Kong might have on the Arrupe’s tomb and blessed himself.
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