New Oxford Notes: December 2007
Archbishop Niederauer's Eucharistic Moment
What happens when the Archbishop of San Francisco comes face-to-face with costumed blasphemers? He gives them Communion.
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The Dutch Are At It Again
The Dominicans in the Netherlands are agitating to open the priesthood to homosexuals, women, and married men.
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Clandestine 'Communion'
Why does the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury feel it necessary to hold a "secret" Communion service with gay clergy?
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Do Not Make Me a Gentile
The following blessing is recited every day by Jews: "Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the Universe, who did not make me a Gentile."
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An Unknown Hero Has Been Beatified
Becasue Franz Jagerstatter refused to serve in Hitler's army he was beheaded in Berlin's Brandenburg Prison on August 9, 1943.
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Fox TV Is Violent, Profane & Obscene
Fox TV, the neocons' heaviest cultural artillery, has done some of the greatest damage to the conservative cause in the culture wars.
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The Department of Defense -- Porn Trafficker
The Department of Defense wants to sell pornography, and even though the law prohibits them, they found a way to do it.
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Once a Prima Donna, Always a Prima Donna?
Look who's back -- and he's pontificating again. Like a moth to a flame, it seems Deal Hudson can't keep himself away from the limelight.
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