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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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