New Oxford Notes: May 2009
Condom Worshippers & Their Perennial Bogeymen
If you ever thought the subject of condoms was passe, the Pope's recent trip to Africa should have disabused you. Condoms are still apparently a big deal.
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Song of the Boo-Birds
It's official: The Holy See will undertake an apostolic visitation of women's religious orders in the United States -- but about 30 years too late.
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