New Oxford Review

March 2009, Volume LXXVI, Number 3

	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.

	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.

	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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Illinois
The Chicago Jesuit province has agreed to pay nearly $20 million to settle a lawsuit brought by six men who are victims of abuse and cover-up.

United States
As the Boy Scouts of America prepares to vote on whether to allow openly gay members, thousands of scouts and dozens of religious leaders urged the organization to stay true to its roots.

France
An award-winning historian shot himself at the altar of Notre-Dame de Paris, allegedly in protest of same-sex marriage. 'I am killing myself to awaken slumbering consciences,' he was quoted as writing.

Ireland
An estimated 10% of Irish funerals and 30% of weddings are nonreligious and take place outside any church.

United States
A new group called Catholic Whistleblowers has banded together to push the Pope to clean house and the bishops to enforce their zero-tolerance policies against sexual predators.

France
The Community of St. John has revealed that its founder, Father Marie-Dominique Philippe, had improper relations with women under his spiritual direction.

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