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Comments on `The Catechism of the Catholic Church,' the newest catechism which is being published in a number of translations in 1993. How the new catechism came to be; Why the original publication date couldn't be met; Description of the actual text; Author's impression of the copy he read; Criticisms of its compartmentalization and traditionalism; No evidence of contemporary biblical criticism; Comments on the opening section on ethics and others; More.

Discusses religious books. `Riders to the Dawn: From Holocaust to Hope,' by Albert K. Friedlander; `Christ of the 21st Century,' by Ewert H. Cousins; `Hearts on Fire: The Story of the Maryknoll Sisters,' by Penny Lernoux; `Cardinal Hume and the Changing Face of English Catholicism,' by Peter Stanford.

The article discusses the final books written by the late Jaroslav Pelikan. He has the ability to reach an audience wider than academe as illustrated by a series of lectures that he delivered and then published in book form. His book "Whose Bible Is It?" is a highly readable account of how the Hebrew Scriptures became joined to the New Testament.