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."
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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.
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Heroic Mothers
"I guess she knew the secret of life, and it is not in receiving but giving."
Do You Despair Over the Current Crisis in the Church?
If the Church were merely a human institution, she would have collapsed long ago, as one earthly empire after another has collapsed during her history.
Down the Old Schism Trail
While talk of divisions in the U.S. Church has often been sketchy or anecdotal, here we have 40-plus bishops who have joined together and put their views in writing.