Something for Sunday Morning
> Satan presented himself to a holy man at the hour of his death and said, "You
have beaten me." The old man answered, "I still do not know."
Topic
Religion
A collection of 879 issues
JPII Comic Book
> In life John Paul II was a global superstar who produced several bestsellers,
including memoirs, plays and poetry. Yesterday he proved that he had star appeal
even in death as a comic book that tells his life story sold out as soon as it
appeared in the bookshops.
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Not Discrimination?
> Deciding not to accept as candidates for the priesthood men with "deeply rooted
homosexual tendencies" would not be an act of discrimination, said the general
secretary of the Italian bishops' conference. . .
> Bishop Betori said that if the bishops decide being homosexual and being a
priest
Lavender Mafia
> Any examination of the sexual abuse crisis afflicting the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Los Angeles leads inevitably to a bell-towered campus in the
rolling hills of Camarillo: St. John's Seminary. . .
> Several former students recall a licentious atmosphere at St. John's that might
have
Mary Spreading?
> They're wearing "Mary Is My Homegirl" T-shirts and bracelets, and not all of
them are Roman Catholic.
> Once mainly a devotional figure for Catholics, Mary and her role as a woman of
God now are studied by Anglicans and other Christian denominations. "
King Alfred, Your Efforts Linger On
I don't have confidence in polls, but they have a little bit of value and are
often interesting:
> Most Britons describe themselves as Christian despite not attending church
regularly, a BBC survey has found.
> The poll taken for BBC News 24's Faith Day examines
First to Secede
On the other end of Virginia:
> South Riding Church, a small Episcopal mission of about 150 members in eastern
Loudoun County, has become the first church to secede from the Episcopal Diocese
of Virginia.
Link [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051116-121619-3330r.htm].
B16 Plugs Natural Law
Timely, as five Catholics might take a seat on the Highest Bench:
> Pope Benedict XVI emphasized the "respect for the universal moral law" as he met
on November 12 with a new ambassador from the United States.
> As he accepted the diplomatic credentials of Francis Rooney,
Foucauld
Preemptive strike: This was not motivated by the Eurabian Civil Wars, though I
find the timing delicious:
> A French monk who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara and was killed in
an anti-French uprising in Algeria in 1916 was beatified by the Vatican
yesterday, the last
Defiling Danny Boy
As Ireland's economy booms, the Catholic Church is already losing the souls of
its members. According to a NYT report this morning
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/international/europe/13ireland.html?pagewanted=1&hp]
, things could get a lot worse for the world's