Letter to the Editor: October 2014

Another Piece of the Divine Jigsaw Puzzle... Facebook, Friendship & the Human Person... Misidentified Milestones on the Long & Winding Road... The Gentleman Model of a Catholic Ruler... Why Catholics Should Care About Ukraine... Free Rosary Booklets for Prisoners... Riding the Elevator of Falsehood... and more

The News You May Have Missed

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A Laughing Matter... The Shortcomings of Tall Men... Are You Smarter than an Atheist?... Crowd-Surfing the Messiah... Sacred Heart's Strange Bedfellows... The Bible: Banished in Britain... Reykjavik's Rocky Road Work... Constitutional Right to Shack Up... Proving Negatives in Malta

New Oxford Notes: October 2014

The Fallacy of Faulty Analogy... The Blood Crying Out from the Ground

The Apotheosis of Sports

THE GOD EVER BEFORE OUR EYES

Frederick W. Marks

Sports stadia are replacing cathedrals as places of weekly assembly. Center court at England's Wimbledon has, in fact, been dubbed "the cathedral of tennis."

Pope John XXIII through the Testimony of Silvio Cardinal Oddi

THE "JOHANNINE TURN" WAS CARRIED OUT BY OTHERS

Beniamino Di Martino (Translated by N. Michael Brennen)

In light of the canonization of Pope Roncalli, the contrarian opinions expressed by Cardinal Oddi about the personality and tendencies of John XXIII are of interest.

The Whole House

LIVING IN THE YARD WON'T DO

David Mills

The Catholic must, when he can, tell his Protestant friends that they should complete their faith by entering the Catholic Church.

Is Pope Francis a Socialist?

GUEST COLUMN

Steve Soukup

He has said that "sustainable human and social development" depends on "a generous and disinterested spirit of gratuitousness at every level."

Islam: Victors Vanquishing Victims

Terry Scambray

The former period of tolerance toward Christians in Muslim lands is an exception, and the present attacks on Christians are the norm.

Obsequious to a Fault

Joseph C. Klee

Cameli believes in dialogue and would like to build a bridge between diametrically opposed camps. It's been said, however, that nobody lives on a bridge.

Briefly: October 2014

The Life and Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: Between History and Controversy