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Mainline Advertising Working

Mainline Protestant denominations have started mass marketing advertising campaigns, and this article says they're proving successful. I generally object to such advertising (link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=29792] and link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=

Newman to be Sainted

I'll have to break out that 900-page Kerr biography again. Earlier this year, I got through page 100 before being lured away by the charms of another: > The Vatican is preparing to give England its first post- Reformation saint by putting Cardinal Newman – the 19th-century priest whose

Dalai Lama in Trouble with Scientists

"Big hitter, the Lama" (Carl from Caddyshack): > The Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibet who is revered as a spiritual teacher, is at the center of a scientific controversy. > He has been an enthusiastic collaborator in research on whether the intense meditation practiced by Buddhist

Five More Blessed

> As prelates gathered in Rome prepare to conclude the 11th General Synod of Bishops this weekend, the Vatican has announced the schedule for the final days, which will climax with a beatification ceremony on Sunday. . . > The newly proclaimed Blesseds will include Jozef Bilczewski [http://newsaints.faithweb.com/biographies/

Connaturality Revisited

Sexually-active former priests want to change celibacy rules. I'm shocked. > Former Swiss Catholic priests who were forced to step down after admitting sexual relationships have formed a group to challenge the celibacy rules. Link [http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=6096817&

Madonna's Metaphysics

From a Drudge Report [http://www.drudgereport.com/flashms.htm]: > The former Material Girl now believes "the beast is the modern world that we live in!" > "The material world. The physical world. The world of illusion, that we think is real. We live for it,

But None of that Naked Stuff

In England: > Pagan priests will be allowed to use wine and wands during ceremonies in jails under instructions issued to every prison governor. > Inmates practising paganism will be allowed a hoodless robe, incense and a piece of religious jewellery among their personal possessions. They will also be allowed

How Do You Serve Him with the Summons?

There's fodder for an entire theological treatise in here: > A Romanian prisoner is suing God for failing to save him from the Devil. > The inmate, named as Pavel M in media reports, accused God of "cheating, abuse and traffic of influence". > His complaint

WWJB

> What would Jesus blog? That and other pressing questions drew 135 Christians to Southern California this weekend for a national conference billed as the first-ever for "God bloggers," a growing community of online writers who exchange information and analyze current events from a Christian perspective. > The

What Crank School is This?

A fundamentalist Christian crank or civil libertarian crank? Both tend to be equally humorless: > The Washington Post says the [Hylton High School] band had added "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," by the Charlie Daniels Band to its play list for an upcoming guest appearance at the