New Oxford Notes: May 2000
Coming to Your Parish Soon…
There's a lot of debate about the music in Catholic parishes, including the words of hymns.
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Who's Teaching the Bishops?
...now that the moral theologian Richard A. McCormick, S.J., died.
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Why Do Those Angry, Embittered Sisters Stay in the Church?
"We are stuck…in a kind of bitterness, angry with the church for not changing as we had hoped."
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Where "Ecumenical" Does Not Mean "Nice" & "Bland"
Touchstone magazine doesn't mess around or pull its punches.
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Shall We "Privatize" Marriage & Everything Else?
If privatization is a good thing, what's wrong with privatizing marriage, homosexuality, abortion?
The Weak Shame the Strong
The events of the Philippine Revolution of 1986 show that nonviolence, powered by prayer, can work and should be given every opportunity to work.
Is It Time to Elect Bishops Again?
Kenneth Baker, S.J., urged that bishops stay with appropriate dioceses and not be moved from place to place, always on the lookout for an ecclesial career upgrade.