New Oxford Notes: March 2014
The Prayers of Moloch's Modern Priestesses
Moloch's modern priestesses, who can be found roaming the American halls of power, recast abortion as sacrosanct and inviolable -- a right protected and made possible by the benevolence of an ambiguous deity.
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The Self-Fulfilling Prophet
Oscar Andres Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga has opined, "I'm firmly convinced we are at the dawn of a new era in the Church, just as when Pope John XXIII opened its windows 50 years ago and made it let in fresh air."
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Francis X. Clooney, S.J., offers us a choice regarding "which images of the divine" — Christian or Hindu — are "most theologically cogent today."