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New Oxford Notes: June 2010

2002 Deja Vu

Many have wondered in recent years if the priest sex abuse scandal is a uniquely American problem. This year we got our answer -- no!

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The Double Life of Marcial Maciel

Since his death it has been discovered that the Legion of Christ founder lived under an assumed name with at least one woman -- for decades.

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The Devil Laughs When Children Die

An incident in Italy this past April offered appropriable insight into the profit-driven abortion industry's largely hidden dark aspects.

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The Future Ain't What It Used to Be

Charlotte Allen has made the provocative assertion that the project of Catholic dissent has "lost steam as an intellectual movement."

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Results of Our Reader Survey

One of our more enjoyable tasks this year was reading and tabulating the responses to…

Why Are the U.S. Bishops Urging Catholic Couples to Divorce?

Unhappily married adults who divorced were no more likely to report emotional and psychological improvements than those who stayed married.