New Oxford Notes: March 2009
Strange Spirits & Alien Gods
The changing of the presidential guard was accomplished this past January with a measure of political bluster and a mess of religious blather.
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Pope Benedict's Tightrope Act
The Pope's recent decision to lift the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops has sent shockwaves reaching far beyond Christendom.
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Avery Cardinal Dulles & Fr. Richard John Neuhaus: In Memoriam
Within a span of 30 days, the Catholic Church in the United states lost two of her most prominent and respected thinkers.
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