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New Oxford Notes: September 2017

A Pontificate of Mercy — or a Merciless Pontificate?

The time has come to offer an unvarnished look at the fruits of this papacy: Four-and-a-half years of evidence shows that Francis has fomented division and preached politics over the Gospel.

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"No Enemies to the Left" — Still!

Enough aims have been realized in the course of various revolutionary movements that the revolutionary myth continues to kindle hopes in the discontented.

The Vatican Looks at Non-Marxist Socialism

In its universal concern, the Church cannot be a mouthpiece for the West, even if, as a result, the Pope is accused of “misunderstanding the free-market economy.”