Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: April 2009

New Oxford Notes: April 2009

The Self-Destruction of a Cult of Personality

What happens to a religious order based on the charism of its founder when that founder is discovered to have led a life of sexual abuse?

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Return Volley

Nancy Pelosi's insolent braying awoke the sleeping giant: Some 30 bishops issued correctives to her erroneous comment about when life begins.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
U.S. Seminaries: Condition Stabilized

Why have the U.S. bishops seemed none too keen on drawing attention to the Vatican report on the moral and intellectual life of U.S. seminaries?

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.

You May Also Enjoy

Where "Ecumenical" Does Not Mean "Nice" & "Bland"

Touchstone magazine doesn't mess around or pull its punches.

The Heretics’ Gnostic Gospel of Choice

Ever since The Da Vinci Code became a bestseller, the interest in "alternative gospels" and Gnostic writings has spiked among modern readers.

Jacques Ellul’s 'Prayer and Modern Man'

One prays for strength to combat the urge to declare that all is nothingness; for stamina and the will to fight evil; for the grace to live in and for Christ.