New Oxford Notes: January 2008
Archbishop Burke Has Courage
The Archbishop of St. Louis isn't turning his head away from the fact that two Catholic women have had themselves 'ordained' priestesses.
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Be Fruitful & Multiply
In the wake of our culture's widespread use of contraception, we have experienced an increased prevalence of a number of evils.
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Pope Benedict XVI Is Ambivalent About the Second Vatican Council
The Pope says that he was "too timid" in the period immediately after Vatican II in challenging avant-garde theological positions.
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'Gay' Is Good -- for Business
The major corporations are leading the way for homosexual "rights." Good capitalists never ignore a lucrative market.
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'Nothing Short of Miracles'
Homosexuals are continuously accused of lacking stability and the deepest kind of commitment in relationships -- with good reason.
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Msgr. Mannion Is Infatuated With the Modern World
Even after Pope Benedict XVI's explicit universal indult for the Traditional Latin Mass, Our Sunday Visitor is still dismissive of the old rite.
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'The Great Blunder'
You can't blame dreamers for giving bad advice. Dreamers tend to do that. The mistake is to take the dreamers seriously.
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