New Oxford Notes: July-August 2002
Show & Tell for Priests
America magazine blames the scandals on "a repressive clerical culture."
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Desperately Jesuitical
Fr. James Keenan, S.J., is worried that the "scapegoat" for the priestly sex scandals will be "gay priests."
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Sheer Effrontery
This dude has figured out how to solve the priestly sex crisis. His humble recommendation: ordain dudettes.
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Eucharistic Ring-Around-the-Rosy
It appears that Fr. Ron Rolheiser, who has a syndicated newspaper column, has quite a track record of ticking off his readers.
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What Burns Your Toast?
"There are times when I feel Fr. Neuhaus may be right. Now is not one of them."
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Zen Ecumenism
Instead of universal salvation, let's focus on ecumenism, where again we see that Fr. Neuhaus is more theologically liberal than many people realize.
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Silliness Has Serious Consequences
The Banner, the official magazine of the (historically Calvinist) Christian Reformed Church, long ago bowed to political correctness.
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The Weight of the World
Evidently, overweight kids are holding more than Twinkies and Cheetos in their chubby paws — they also hold the fate of the world!
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On the Frontier
That frontier of innovation, it turns out, is the frontier of oblivion.
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The word "church" has been replaced with less religious-sounding terms, like worship center, family center, family life center, praise center, or outreach center.
"Psst! Hey kid, wanna buy a cup o' joe — real cheap? In a cool styrofoam cup!"
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