2009 December

Deliver Us From Evil
EDITORIAL
The culture around us urges us to lay down our spiritual weapons and go shopping or watch television. Meanwhile, the devil does not rest.
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Letter to the Editor: December 2009
Scientism, Captured in Rhyme, Catholic Hospitals amp; State Law... Left, Right, Fascist, The Lament of Notre Dame Alumni... Bishops' Conferences Under the Microscope... and more
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The News You May Have Missed
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Nun of This Prolife Stuff... Boar-ing Parish Festival... Bishop in Denial... Sell the Vatican, Feed the World... Deacon vs. Priest vs. Bishop... Albania: We Want Mother Teresa -- Now!... Abortion Addict... Crucified Ape... Jesus Arrested...
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Notes List: December 2009
Lifeboats on the Tiber... Reaching for the Panic Button... Bishops Banning Bishops...
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When Heteronomy & Autonomy Collide
The University of Notre Dame is positioned to ride the wave of American popular culture, and without a fight will go the way of its sister institutions once run by Protestants.
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Why Is There Evil in the World?
Our suffering in this world is a sign of God’s grace, whereas the flourishing of worldly people is a sign of their impending doom.
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Blessed Are the Barren
In Jesus' warning to the women of Jerusalem, He says that those who wish for barrenness will also "say to the mountains: Fall on us; and to the hills: Cover us."
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St. Birgitta of Sweden's Image of Perfection
A scholar, writer, and happily married wife and mother, Birgitta influenced both the society in which she lived and the spiritual life of her own and subsequent generations.
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The Nature of Satan & the Church's War Against Him
In practical terms, holiness means simply staying in the state of grace and doing everything we can to evangelize our wicked culture with the sanctity of Christ and His Church.
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The Stress of Faith
As we worry about the future of our beloved Church and the massive hemorrhaging of baptized believers, we must fall back on that time-tested stress reliever: prayer.
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The Road to Hitler Was Paved With Abortions
The Weimar Republic was distinguished by "the lowest birth rate in the Western world." Contraception was widespread and abortion laws were liberalized.
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Book Review: The Raised Fist & the Raised Phallus
Fifteen significant works of Western civilization were so damaging that the world would have been better off had they never been written.
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Briefly: December 2009
Reviews of The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions... What Happened to Notre Dame?
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