2010 October
Almost There
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.
READ ARTICLELetter 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
READ ARTICLEThe 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
READ ARTICLENew Oxford Notes: October 2010
Another Revolution in the Church! (Yawn)... Shrewd as Serpents, Innocent as Doves... Get Married, Save the Economy...
READ ARTICLENewman's Call to Authentic Discipleship
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.
READ ARTICLEMeet the Urban Monk
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.
READ ARTICLEDirge for a Shaman
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.
READ ARTICLEThe Virtue of Reverence & Respect for Life
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.
READ ARTICLEA Litany of Repentance for the U.S. Church
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.
READ ARTICLEWhat DNA Has to Tell Us About the Origins of Life
The more complicated these chains of biochemicals are, the more information they carry and the less likely they came about by chance.
READ ARTICLESundays Through History
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.
READ ARTICLEBriefly: October 2010
In the last decade of his life, over eighty thousand people per year sought out St. John Vianney for confession.
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