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Abusing Popular Credulity

Another good link [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1967413,00.html] from Welborn [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/2006/01/god_in_the_dock.html]: > An Italian judge has ordered a priest to appear in court this month to prove that Jesus Christ existed. > The

Literature and Limbo

Harold Bloom at NYT laments the pending doom of Limbo [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/opinion/01bloom.html?th&emc=th]: > Limbo has a rich literary history, in honor of which I hope the pope and his International Theological Commission will refrain from exiling this amiably

Top Catholic Stories

Top Catholic Stories of 2005, according to Catholic World Report. [http://www.cwnews.com/news/dossier/view.cfm?id=24] 1. Death of JPII 2. Election of B16 3. Homosexuality Instruction 4. The appointment of Archbishop William Levada as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. 5.

Fake Priest

A canon lawyer breaks down the implications for parishioners who had a fake priest as their pastor for several months [http://www.canonlaw.info/blog.html]. Interesting stuff. Excerpt: > [W]hat of those Catholics who attended "services" or received what they thought were sacraments from this man?

Anti-Christian Jeans in Sweden

This is no big deal [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051230/ap_on_re_eu/sweden_devil_s_denim]. Sweden is an anti-Christian country. This would be like wearing anti-Osama t-shirts in the U.S: > Cheap Monday jeans are a hot commodity among young Swedes

Where's the HCLU: Hindu Civil Liberties Union?

> A Hindu couple whose sacred cows were banished from the western New York village of Angelica in 2003 have renewed their fight to bring them home. > Stephen and Linda Voith are appealing a state Supreme Court decision that sided with Angelica officials, who cited rules governing farm animals

Treating the Stupid with Respect

Received the following email from a remarkably well-read friend. His comment in the second paragraph is accurate and apt: > Tune in Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 10PM Eastern to see Diane Sawyer of ABC News interview Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of Pope Joan, about the book, her research

Good for the Duchy of Muscovy

> The Moscow Patriarchate has suspended relations with the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden after it decided to establish an official ceremony to bless homosexual couples, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. Link [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/12/27/churchgayban.shtml].

Mother Teresa Bun Stolen

> When Bob Bernstein arrived at his coffeehouse to assess the scene of an early Christmas morning break-in, the one thing he noticed missing was the cinnamon bun that bears a striking likeness to Mother Teresa. > Bernstein said he believes that the culprit is someone angry over the

The Christmas Homily

The Washington Times' recount of B16's Christmas homily [http://www.washtimes.com/world/20051225-113644-8166r.htm]: > Pope Benedict XVI, in his first Christmas address as pontiff, yesterday urged humanity to unite against terrorism, poverty and environmental blight and called for a "new world order&