New Oxford Notes: July/August 2005
Reading Between the Lines
Bishop Mulvee hopes that Benedict XVI will "unite the entire church."
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"My Friend Benedict XVI"
"Fr. Fessio's total media saturation on 'my friend Ratzinger' is getting a bit annoying."
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The Same Old Song & Dance
America magazine (again) calls for an "open discussion" of "birth control, divorce, women priests,...homosexuality..."
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A Machiavellian Misfire?
The Legion of Christ claims the Vatican has dropped its investigation of its founder - but is it true?
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Liberal Catholic Father, Muslim Son
Marquette U. theologian Daniel McGuire's "faith" didn't stick to his son.
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Now They Tell You! (Part III)
Crisis magazine argues that overturning Roe v. Wade "will only embed abortion further."
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"The Real Post-Conciliar Reforms"?
We can think of a few things that Vatican II did that were good and necessary - but only a few.
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America's Increasingly Feminist and Homosexual Military
Bush's military isn't reconsidering the feminist experiment devised under Bill Clinton; it is completing it.
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A Heart of Gold
Despite his bizarre theology, at least Bishop Gumbleton practices what he preaches.
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