2005 September

Your Voice of Orthodox Catholicism, Without Any Strings Attached
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Letter to the Editor: September 2005
Connecting the Dots... Archbishop Pilarczyk... Levada?... People Now Take Evil for Granted... Keep Your Mouth Shut... Keep Your Mouth Open... Just War Doctrine Is Basically Irrelevant... I Would Have Fought for Germany in World War II... The Widespread Ignorance Of the American People About Terrorism... The Downing Street Memo... A Letter to Fr. Joseph Fessio
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New Oxford Notes: September 2005
A "Compassionate Conservative" Advises Pope Benedict XVI... Prolifers: Thanks for the Votes; We'll See You Again in Four Years... Benedict the Moderate?... A Case Study in the Theology of Apology... "Perhaps the Most Powerful Man in the Church in America"... more
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The Man Who Was Ratzinger (Part II)
In answer to objections that two Roman rites are confusing and "disunifying," he explained that various Roman rites have always existed side-by-side.
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Religion & Ethics
As soon as ethics chooses to sever its contact with religion -- as is fashionable in our decadent society -- it becomes a caricature of any true ethics.
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The News You May Have Missed
Secondhand Pope... Battle of the Bulge... Wanted: Atheists to Teach Religion... At the Name of Judith Every Knee Shall Bow... "Celibate" Married Homosexual Priests & Priestesses... Paging Dr. Frankenstein... Room for Atheist Pastors
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Refugees From the Vernacular Mass
At our nearby Tridentine Mass, some men attend even without their wives. I tell you, this is a church that men don’t hate going to.
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Are You Compassionate?
Repentance is a redirection of our intentions, a change of heart, expressed by a change of behavior. This will never happen with an "I'm OK, you're OK" approach.
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Briefly: September 2005
Reviews of Clerical Failure: Ten Stupid Things Clergy Do to Mess Up Your Church... The Theology of The Passion of the Christ
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