Einstein and Religion
Some of Einstein's writings about science and religion
[http://einsteinandreligion.com/].
I haven't had a chance to peruse the site, but it could be pretty good. See
this
post [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3233/], for instance.
Religion
JPII Moves Toward Sainthood
I missed this yesterday
[http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060130094409990019&cid=].
I'm assuming it was all over the Catholic blogosphere, but I couldn't make my
daily cyber-trip yesterday:
> The Vatican may have found the "miracle" they need to
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 member of
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].
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
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 a
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_
Wolf Crosses Over?
They say feminist Naomi Wolf is now a Christian
[http://www.sundayherald.com/53663]. Could be. I'm neither convinced nor
skeptical. I'm just waiting to see:
> Today, Wolf seems sharp and incisive . This is no Valley Girl on some
psychobabble trip. But when one of
Fessio Revises
Fr. Joseph Fessio earlier said that B16 doesn't believe Islam can be reformed.
It raised a lot of eyebrows (though I tend to agree with such a belief). Fessio
has modified his statement
[http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=45185&eng=y].
Earlier post [https: