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Logically Consistent

I like it. Call it, "The New European Church" or "Church of the Relativity." > A German brothel owner is planning to build his own multi-denominational church. > Bert Wollersheim, 54, who has over 50 prostitutes working for him, plans to preach frorm the pulpit

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."

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. >

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