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EDITORIAL

No other publication consistently offers the breadth of topics and wealth of writers that the NOR has over the years — this is our core strength.

Letter to the Editor: October 2010

Oscar Wilde, Sadist... From Altar Girls to Womenpriests?... Celibate Catholic Priests, Married Catholic Priests... Illegal Immigration: Uncharitable & Expensive... Cheaper Than a Tank of Gas... and more

The News You May Have Missed

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Lucifer's Public Schools... Sexy Fun Christianity... Scare Bears... Romantic Savior... Alien Odds... Quitting the Church in the Name of Christ... Skateboarding for Jesus... Lost Pilgrims... Cow Chip Bingo

New Oxford Notes: October 2010

Another Revolution in the Church! (Yawn)... Shrewd as Serpents, Innocent as Doves... Get Married, Save the Economy...

Newman's Call to Authentic Discipleship

GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY

Mitchell Kalpakgian

The earnest Christian acts from the noblest motives and with the purest intentions, never trying to live the double life of serving both God and mammon.

Meet the Urban Monk

SPIRITUAL WARFARE ON THE STREETS OF BALTIMORE

Thomas Basil

I told an ex-Catholic a few tales from St. Benedict's. He asked me how he could find the parish. Such is the power of mercy to the poor. It transcends refutation, it softens hearts.

Dirge for a Shaman

THE LIFE & DEATH OF THOMAS BERRY

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

For Thomas Berry, ecology is "the supreme subversive science" that has the power to undermine Western culture, the culture he blames for today's ecological crisis.

The Virtue of Reverence & Respect for Life

SEEING WITH A PURE HEART

Stephen Napier

Every human being possesses dignity, value, and worth. There are factors that can obfuscate our ability to see their dignity, but it exists whether we see it or not.

A Litany of Repentance for the U.S. Church

GUEST COLUMN

W. Patrick Cunningham

It is high time the U.S. bishops together called us as a Church to a public act of repentance. I offer the following litany for such an occasion.

What DNA Has to Tell Us About the Origins of Life

Terry Scambray

The more complicated these chains of biochemicals are, the more information they carry and the less likely they came about by chance.

Sundays Through History

Arthur C. Sippo

In a world in which life is often tedious and economically precarious, setting aside one day of rest out of seven resonates with our very human nature.

Briefly: October 2010

In the last decade of his life, over eighty thousand people per year sought out St. John Vianney for confession.