New Oxford Review

July-August 2003, Volume LXX, Number 7

	Catholicism for Dummies in Pleasant Monthly Installments The "new" Crisis magazine says its dumbing down its message to help idiots "clarify their thinking."

	What Is It About the American College of Louvain? The seminary's Vice Rector for Recruitment is being investigated for - you guessed it - buggering teenage boys.

	Devious “Gay” Priests An (anonymous) homosexual priest "speaks out” in Commonweal.

	OSV's Spirituality for Sensitive Guys The sensitive guys at e5 are totally in line with our mainstream feminist culture.

	A Lecture on Treating Prelates “Respectfully” ALL's Judie Brown urges bishops to ‘respectfully’ deny Communion to those whose presence ‘defiles the Mass and the Body of Christ.’

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Italy
An Italian missionary priest said he believes a declining birth rate among Europeans combined with a rising tide of Muslim immigrants could mean that Islam will soon dominate Europe.

United States
Dozens of religious leaders across the spectrum of faiths issued a joint statement denouncing past and planned attacks against Muslims and Islamic houses of worship.

Afghanistan
The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger US troops in the country and Americans worldwide.

Great Britain
On the eve of the papal trip to Britain, a group of Catholic malcontents is accusing the Church of being "deeply misogynist," intolerant of gay people and "monarchical" in its approach

Massachusetts
Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts has forced out the school's athletic director, after she married her female partner in August.

Vatican City
The Vatican raised the possibility of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery.

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