New Oxford Notes: October 2003
Redskins in Indiana?
If it's offensive to print Cleveland Indians, then it's even more offensive to make reference to the state of Indiana.
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Holy Orders & Unholy Disorders
Crisis magazine gives us "the real story" about the state of American seminaries.
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Silly Putty Catholicism
Appeals to conscience don't get us very far, for it's so easy to rationalize what we're intent on doing.
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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).”
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The USCCB has taken the opportunity to clarify ambiguities in its document on Catholic-Jewish relations.
Enveil God’s face, winged seraphim
Before the dazzling throne:
The onyx clouds cannot hide Him
…Bush called America "the hope of all mankind" and "the light" that "shines in the darkness," in a clear allusion to John 1:4-5. The remark is very close to blasphemy.