Volume > Issue > New Oxford Notes: November 2008

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?

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
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.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
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.

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.
A Lesson From the Past

Will Archbishop Niederauer exert the supremacy of the Catholic Church over Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi?

READ MORE ON THIS NOTE.

You May Also Enjoy

Exodus & Bloodbath: Christians in the Middle East

Just days before the massacre of dozens of Christians during a Mass in Baghdad, Iraq's Chaldean Patriarch warned of a 'Satanic plan' to drive Christians out of the Middle East.

Social Justice & Hell-Fire

The Works of Mercy originated in a hell-fire sermon that Jesus preached as a final summary of his teaching, a sermon reported in the 25th chapter of Matthew.

Why the United Methodist Bishops' Stance Against the War on Terrorism Is Incoherent

The same church Fathers who condemned war also condemned abortion. Here the moral credibility of the Methodist bishops collapses.