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Oprah is Next

> In an unprecedented gesture, Pope Benedict XVI has written an introductory about his own encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, for the magazine Famiglia Cristiana. The Italian weekly has published a special edition, containing the entirety of the Pope's encyclical, with a cover date of February 5. > "

Indian Bishop Attacked

But leave the cows alone! > Bishop Thomas Dabre of India's Vasai diocese was assaulted by a Hindu mob on Sunday, January 29, as he visited a home for impoverished children in a remote village in the western Maharashtra state. > About 200 Hindu militants shouted slogans and

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.

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

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].

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

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_