New Oxford Notes: December 1999

Rome — or Beach Blanket Babylon
Get rid of 'Rome' and what will be left in the end is California.
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Catholicism Is Y2K-Compliant
Unlike the computer, the Church won't confuse one century with another.
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But Are Catholics B.C./A.D.-Compliant?
Before the "Common Era," did mankind live in an uncommon era?
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Speak Ye Uncomfortably to Jerusalem
"Harden not your hearts! And soften not your seats."
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Billy Graham's Crumbling Journalistic Legacy
Is Christianity Today going homosexualist?
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Number One in Spirituality?
I'm Fr. Tops, the best spiritual director in America. (No confessions, please.)
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