New Oxford Notes: July-August 2018
Off with His Head!
A writer wants Cardinal Sarah fired from his post as prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship because he "does not speak for the mainstream of the church."
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
A Crisis of the Four Last Things
Guillaume Cuchet, a specialist in contemporary Church history, looks at the spectacular decline of Catholicism in France and sees the root cause in the Church, with Vatican II as the primary catalyst.
READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
You May Also Enjoy
Men and women today are tired of unfaithfulness, tired of shallow and brief relationships. They crave something more meaningful and reliable.
Bishop Schneider of Kazakhstan says in Rome today, churchmen "live in a climate of threats and of denial of dialogue towards a specific group" — that is, towards anyone not in lockstep with Francis's reform movement.
The Church holds that the priest, standing in persona Christi, cannot supply the right sacramental material without being male, since Christ Himself was male.