New Oxford Notes: November 2008
Did the NOR Change the Course of the 2008 Presidential Race?
Did you know that, before John McCain tapped Sarah Palin, the GOP presidential nominee was considering an exorcist as his running mate?
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An Exorcism Available to Everyone
The "most efficacious exorcism," asserts Fr. Fanzaga, "is mortification" -- the subduing of the lusts of the flesh through ascetic practices such as fasting.
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Life, Precious & Precarious
Cardinal Gracias of Bombay condemned all abortions and promised a poor couple that the Church would raise their baby if he were allowed to live.
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A Lesson From the Past
Will Archbishop Niederauer exert the supremacy of the Catholic Church over Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi?
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We are in continual jeopardy — of a kind I think best described by a woman I knew who worked as a food server in a Harvard dorm and in the Faculty Club.
The first battle the Church militant must fight is against ourselves, for unless the appetites of the flesh are subdued, we will be unprepared for further combat.
Ballpeened by a bumper,
Struck down by steel,
Bowled hard over pavement,
Done in with…