Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: May 2013

New Oxford Notes: May 2013

Will the Real Pope Francis Please Stand Up?

Aside from style, Francis gives every indication of carrying on the essential spiritual vision of Benedict XVI, particularly in battling the "tyranny of relativism."

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
The Identity of the Family Is in Jeopardy

In 2010 then-Cardinal Bergoglio sent a letter to the Carmelite nuns of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires asking them to pray that God spare their nation from the harm of same-sex marriage.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.

You May Also Enjoy

Fragmented Lives of Incomplete Reckoning

Man’s efforts are lost if they are not embedded in and do not proceed from the eternal perspective, without which they remain fragmented impulses.

The Wages of Motherhood

Viewed from the perspective of home and community, there's so much value attached to the work of stay-at-home mothers, that we've only just begun to count the cost of losing them to the workplace.

The News You May Have Missed

Pets Over Priests... Down In the Alley... Disneyland: the Ultimate Destination... Caving In... Father Fruitcake... Always Our Priests... Death on Wheels... Trans-fer Students... The Best Day of Your Life...