Religion

Fr. Neuhaus has some nice words about the Liturgy of the Hours (a/k/a the Daily Office). Link [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=259], then scroll down a bit. It's a devilishly-difficult thing to get the hang of, but I try to hit the morning

Fascinating story about the re-emergence of voodoo in Haiti [http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/20060509/hz_haiti_0506/blogs4211]. Excerpt: > Haitian voodoo became mixed with Catholicism, probably as a way for slaves to hide it from their masters – most of whom forbade the practice. Voodoo spirits were,

> On May 6, representatives of the Episcopalian communities in the California diocese will meet to select a new bishop from among seven nominated candidates. Three of the nominees are openly homosexual, the Los Angeles Times [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/cal/la-me-bishop4may04,1,786705.story?

I saw this at the Catholic Exchange roundtable message board [http://www.catholicexchange.com/messageboard/docs/viewtopic.asp?mbid=2&DocumentID=11645] . I've been thinking the same thing lately: > If any of you have any time now or this summer, it would be a great help

> Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios backed efforts yesterday toward the construction of a mosque in Athens after Greece was recently criticized for not offering its Muslim community a suitable prayer site [http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/?p=1594#more-1594].

Henri Gheon, writing about some of the folks in St. John Vianney's parish: > And last, there was that extraordinary being, Pere Chaffangeon, who remained for hours before the altar, without even moving his lips; it seems that he was speaking to God. > "And what do

From this morning's WaPo: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/22/AR2006042201443.html] > After more than half a century of hostility, China and the Roman Catholic Church have inched within reach of normal relations, a historic shift aimed at improving the lives of

What Muslims hear at Friday prayers [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,411903,00.html]. Summarizing excerpt: > Are these words of hatred and discrimination really representative of the thousands upon thousands of Friday prayers that millions of Muslims around the world attend each week? And what