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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Jesus promises that if we are anxious about others first, then we need not be anxious about ourselves, for all these things will be added unto us.
Ferrara shows how public recognition of the true religion is essential to a Christian order; thus, this order requires a certain intolerance of false religion.