New Oxford Notes: July-August 2000
Fanfare for the Not-So-Common Humanoid
Our culture has developed a real phobia about the simple word, "man."
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The Grass Is Not Greener…
The problem is a hideous breakdown in basic Christian faith and morality.
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"Hypocrisy," He Exclaims
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Why the Popes Failed to Act
A central part of the Legion's response-- that "charges had already been thoroughly examined and found baseless"-- explains why three popes ignored the allegations.
Fr. Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932-1996) Requiescat in Pace
He quit a professorship at Yale to become a missionary among the poor of Peru, and later quit his teaching post at Harvard because he feared the loss of his soul.
When Death Is Our Physician
Assisted-suicide guidelines are ignored routinely or have been expanded to the point where they are ephemeral.