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Eric Scheske

Second Hand Cats

I thought this was a joke, but apparently not: > American researchers claim to have discovered that passive smoking affects felines as much as it does human beings, and have expressed the hope that endangering the family pet might shame some addicts, immune to the effect they are having on

Thrashing Their Way to 40 Virgins

From Australia [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17977910%5E2702,00.html] : > The nation's most senior Islamic woman has attacked Muslim religious leaders who condone "wife-beating" and other forms of domestic violence. > Aziza Abdel-Halim, the only female

Must Admit Taliban

From London Times: > A university Christian Union has been suspended and had its bank account frozen after refusing to open its membership to people of all religions [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2008732,00.html].

Odd Registration

And if he's right, who are county election mortals to decide otherwise? > One registered Republican won't be able to vote in the next election unless he appears at a Berks County Elections Board to explain the signature on his registration form. > The man is

B16 Flying

> Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the United States in 2007, Baltimore's Cardinal William Keeler told a radio audience on January 27 [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=42105]. Well, far out. It's been awhile. When was the Pope's last visit

Brokeback Doesn't Win

I'm quite surprised. I thought Brokeback had a natural right to all Hollywood honors this year. > Reese Witherspoon as singer June Carter in "Walk the Line" and Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote in "Capote" won lead-acting awards Sunday from the

$$$ for Christian Groups

> President Bush's $15 billion effort to fight AIDS has handed out nearly one-quarter of its grants to religious groups, and officials are aggressively pursuing new church partners that often emphasize disease prevention through abstinence and fidelity over condom use. Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/

Speedier Annulments

Yet another sign that B16 is going to improve the administrative aspects of the Vatican: > Pope Benedict acknowledged concern for the plight of divorcees who are banned from taking communion after remarriage and urged a Vatican tribunal yesterday to rule promptly on requests for annulment. Telegraph Link [http://www.

Catholic Schools Week

The Week starts today. My kids are pretty excited, except my eldest, who has been packed off to public middle school (our parochial middle school shut-down last year, a victim of lukewarm Catholics, homeschooling, and a public school system with a voracious appetite). Anyway, if you care to read

Feast of the Three Hierarchs

My St. James Calendar of the Christian Year [http://www.touchstonemag.com/docs/navigation_docs/products_2006calendar.html] (one of the best calendars you'll ever buy) says that tomorrow the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates The Feast of the Three Hierarchs [http://www.goarch.org/en/special/listen_learn_