New Oxford Notes: November 2010

One particularly scurrilous urban legend of the day involves Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and the particularities of his burial.

As time goes on, it's becoming clearer that these three concepts best describe the modus operandi — and the goals — of the Legion of Christ.

The level of intrigue in the legal drama involving the "Notre Dame 88" at the University of Notre dame has reached a new high.

Not Love in the Shallows

Newman was a good man before he became a Roman Catholic; his goodness motivated his conversion, and the conversion inspirited his goodness.

A Movie Masterpiece

Kurosawa dramatizes the truth that the sins of the parents are visited on their children. The harm Ran has done has returned to haunt his old age.

Where Has All the Latin Gone?

Latin was the true language of the Church and could always be relied upon to convey precise information because its meanings were fixed.