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Bible in the Political Belt

Jennifer Moses at WaPo tries to make sense of the role of religion in contemporary political life [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/02/AR2005110203188.html] . Based on this piece, she has a few hopelessly cliched and wrongheaded ideas about religion (e.g., "religion incites violence,

Ten Catholic Changes at Supreme Court

A reader sends this along. It's already hit quite a few blogs, but I'm cutting-and-pasting it, in case any of my readers haven't seen it yet: > As David Bernstein points out today in this post on The Volokh Conspiracy, the confirmation of Judge

Freaky Romania

> Pilgrims are flocking to the flat of a Romanian family who claim the images of Jesus and two disciples have appeared on their wardrobe. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1595498.html]. I believe in miracles, but anything from that bizarre, bizarre land makes me uncomfortable.

More Gay Catholic College Activity

Just can't seem to get enough of it: > More than 40 Catholic colleges were represented on Saturday at a conference that was billed as the nation's first on how gays and lesbians fit in at universities guided by a faith that says their sexual orientation

NYT on the C5

> A Catholic majority on the nine-member court would be a significant historical shift. Until 1988, there had been no more than two Catholic justices at once. And for most of the court's history, there was typically only a single Catholic. > "This would add a whole

Perhaps John Wesley Can Rest Peacefully Again

> In a pair of decisions that bolstered conservatives, the highest court of the United Methodist Church defrocked an openly lesbian minister yesterday and reinstated a pastor who had been suspended for refusing to allow a gay man to become a member of his congregation. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.

This is Metaphysics 101

But if there is no God, all is matter because there was no non-material first cause. Maybe the pollsters didn't get into that much detail. > More Britons believe in ghosts than God, according to research. > A total of 2,012 people were polled on their beliefs

JPII Vehicle Sells

A surprising story on a few fronts: > A light blue 1975 Ford Escort GL once owned by Pope John Paul II sold for $690,000 Saturday to a Houston multimillionaire who said he plans to put it in a museum he wants to build in his hometown. > "

Something for Sunday Morning

> To suffer lovingly is to suffer no longer. To flee from the cross is to be crushed beneath its weight. From Bartholomew O'Brien's little book: The Cure of Ars, Patron Saint of Parish Priests.

A Sexual Predator Prot in the News

Statistics show that Protestant clergy are more likely to commit sexual sins than their Catholic counterparts, but they don't often make the news. Probably because the Protestant misconduct doesn't often involve teenage boys, but at times, the other side of the Tiber makes the news: >