New Oxford Notes: January-February 2012
Shameless Shepherding
Bishops in Germany have taken an embarrassingly long time to learn that: "We cannot earn money during the week with what we preach against on Sundays."
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
Saints for a Secular Nation
Secularism could be said to be our national religion, with its own pantheon of "saints," including the newly "canonized" Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and perfecter of the glowing handheld idol.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
You May Also Enjoy
Thy Rods of Iron, They Comfort Me... Got It Bad, I've Been Shot by Teacher... Driverless Crime... Cold Contempt... Gym Jesus... Wal-Marriage... The Sexual Revolution at Disney... and more
The changing of the presidential guard was accomplished this past January with a measure of political bluster and a mess of religious blather.
U.S. media and the American judicial system will gladly go after a high-ranking Catholic priest or bishop but will run cover for powerful Hollywood directors and actors.