Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: July-August 2017

New Oxford Notes: July-August 2017

The Song Remains the Same

The Vatican evidently wants neither to ban nor not ban homosexuals from the priesthood, since it again chose to do neither in a recently-issued document on clerical formation.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Silence of the Shepherds

ISIS capitalizes on the West's ignorance of its own history. The Pope and bishops should allow competent theologians and historians to publicly defend the faith against Muslim propaganda.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.

You May Also Enjoy

The Chickens Come Home to Roost

Andrew Greeley says we now "have a priesthood which is substantially gay."

Letters to the Editor: October 2020

Not So Creepy... Imprecisions Regarding Priestly Celibacy... American Eugenics... Off-Target Attack... Encore!... On Vanier & Hesburgh... Voices Crying from the Inside

For Dear Life

During in utero fetal surgery, the unborn infant stretched out its little hand and clutched the finger of the surgeon.