New Oxford Notes: March 2009
Strange Spirits & Alien Gods
The changing of the presidential guard was accomplished this past January with a measure of political bluster and a mess of religious blather.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.Pope Benedict's Tightrope Act
The Pope's recent decision to lift the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops has sent shockwaves reaching far beyond Christendom.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.Avery Cardinal Dulles & Fr. Richard John Neuhaus: In Memoriam
Recently, within a span of 30 days, the Catholic Church in the United states lost two of her most prominent and respected thinkers.
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