New Oxford Notes: October 2013
Is Francis Flogging Conservative Catholics?
Left-leaning journalists trumpet Pope Francis's "new direction," using thinly-veiled triumphalist language to show that the pontifical tables have finally turned.
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Obama the Great & Powerful
The American public has greeted the ascent of Barack Obama with quasi-religious zeal, as exemplified in his 2008 campaign slogan, "Faith, Hope, Obama."
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