New Oxford Notes: December 2017
Chronic Confusion, Polarization & Polemics in the Church of Francis
After the and a , Pope Francis was the unhappy recipient of yet another critical letter that expresses concerns about his pontificate.
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Femi-Nuns in the Echo-Chamber
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Blaming the Renaissance Is Just Plain Wrong
Renaissance-era humanists were entranced by the possibility of human development, but to depict them as a collection of promethean proto-Jacobins is just false.
Glancing to the Past, Bracing for the Future
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