New Oxford Notes: October 2000
Bungled Attack on Billy Graham
A Catholic might say that Graham is avoiding "occasions of sin."
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The Hydra of Heterodoxy
America magazine makes a case for a Deistic conception of God.
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We Don't Kill Infants Here
America magazine hasn't been able to convince its readers of its point of view.
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Oh Pain, Where Is Thy Sting?
Psychobabble and weird theology can be used to justify anything.
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Blunt Words From Cardinal Dulles
Dulles said, "When guilty of negligence, timidity, or misjudgment," the pope and bishops "may need to be corrected, as Paul, for example, corrected Peter (Galatians 2:11).”
Priestly & Religious Celibacy: Is It Dead, or Should It Be?
That a discipline chosen by such a small segment of the population (approximately .01%) could attract so much scrutiny is amazing.
The Power of the Virgin
The author takes a phenomenological approach to these latter-day apparitions, examining six that have had the longest term impact on piety and devotion.