Religion

Well, the news has broken all over the place: B16 made comments that offended Muslims. What were they? Here's a link to excerpts [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5348456.stm]. Although I don't know what got the Muslims going, perhaps it was this:

I'll have to search the Catholic blogosphere for information about this [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-09-06T004605Z_01_N05386978_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-LIFE-NICARAGUA.XML] : > A former novice who gave up training to be a nun to fight in a leftist insurrection

> Let us detach ourselves in spirit from all that we see and cling to that which we believe. This is the cross which we must imprint on all our daily actions and behavior. St. Peter Damian

From LiveScience [http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060829_god_spot.html]: > The human brain does not contain a single "God spot" responsible for mystical and religious experiences, a new study finds. > Instead, the sense of union with God or something greater than the self often described

From this morning's Guardian [http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1859760,00.html]: > Philosophers, scientists and other intellectuals close to Pope Benedict will gather at his summer palace outside Rome this week for intensive discussions that could herald a fundamental shift in the Vatican'

"Love is the only sign that distinguishes the children of God from the children of the devil." St. Augustine, whose feast day is tomorrow. Article I wrote two years ago for his feast day [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=23866]

The Pope's reference to Joan of Arc yesterday [http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=45996] reminded me: My eldest son recently acquired a copy of Mark Twain's biography of Joan of Arc. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I know nothing about

This PR stunt is getting older than marrying Elizabeth Taylor [http://www.biogs.com/famous/taylorliz.html]: > Some have seen her in toast, in trees, even potato chips. Now one suburban St. Louis man says the Virgin Mary is in his refrigerator. > Last week, John Milonas was grilling

No, he's not against hard work. But he is against filling our lives with non-stop activity, something I've been guilty of for the past two months. Quoting St. Bernard Clairvaux: > "We have to guard ourselves, the saint observed, from the dangers of excessive activity,