"I Thought It Was Incense"
> An Orthodox priest has been arrested by police in Bulgaria for selling cannabis
joints to parishioners [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1689473.html].
Topic
Religion
A collection of 879 issues
Paul Elie
I've received more information about Paul Elie, the writer of the essay/book in
this month's Atlantic Monthly. According to a friend:
> Elie's a good writer, Catholic, though left of center I would imagine on some
issues. He's editor of the
The Year of Two Popes
The January/February issue of The Atlantic Monthly came yesterday. It has a lot
of neat stuff in it, including a 21-page piece about JPII/B16 by Paul Elie
[http://www.beliefnet.com/story/137/story_13721_1.html] (senior editor at Farrar
Straus & Giroux, Flannery O'
Muslim Catholics
> An Islamic campaign group has called for a Catholic primary school to be based
on the Muslim faith.
> The Campaign for Muslim Schools said 90% of pupils at St Albert's Primary, in
Pollokshields, Glasgow, were Muslim.
> Osama Saeed, co-ordinator of the alliance of Glasgow&
Ten Myths
Ten myths of religious freedom
[http://www.ncregister.com/articulo2.php?artkod=MTY4]. Required knowledge for
Catholics who want to embrace the First Amendment but don't want it poisoning
their beliefs.
Something for Sunday Morning
"Outward restlessness often goes together with inner listlessness. . . The
states of quietness and inner alertness belong together, supporting and
determining each other."
Romano Guardini, The Art of Praying
Judas' Rehabilitation Revisited
The story of efforts to rehabilitate Judas were apparently exaggerated. Link
[http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2006/01/mea-culpa-why-it-is-important-to.html]
.
Thanks, Curt Jester
[http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/archives/006412.php].
Catholic Charities Must Fund Contraceptives
A good overview of the NY Court of Appeals decision earlier this week
[http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/102/53.0.html] regarding a state law
that requires employers' insurance plans to cover prescription contraceptives.
Excerpt:
> [A] New York appeals court ruled 3-2 in favor of
Litigating Bishops
I'm not surprised. Discouraged, but not surprised. The reference to "MRC" is to
Media Research Center, which is run by Brent Bozell (a Catholic):
> MRC has a news service on the Internet, Cybercast News Service. It uses the name
CNSNEWS.com and has been since
Bursting Convent
Lack of vocations? Not if you ditch the newfangled ways and go back to the tried
and true. Link [http://www.catholicreport.org/?id=155].