New Oxford Notes: November 2013
The Poor Misunderstood Pope?
While Pope Francis doesn't deny the truth or the faith, he implicitly calls some of it into question, not only by his call for a re-ordering of priorities, but through his uncertain and inexact language.
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The Apotheosis of Sports
Sports stadia are replacing cathedrals as places of weekly assembly. Center court at England's Wimbledon has, in fact, been dubbed "the cathedral of tennis."
Recreating the Neighborhood
Orthodox Judaism retains the essentials, and in its Modern Orthodox form, prospers in middle-class suburbia by recreating the neighborhood.