New In-house Pope Mobile
For use in the Vatican:
Link
[http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050923/ids_photos_wl/r2007962235.jpg].
Thanks, Open Book [http://amywelborn.typepad.com/openbook/].
Religion
Something for Sunday Morning
> Branded enemies of the "progress of public spirit," [the Carmelite nuns of
Compiegne] were killed as part of the [French] Revolution's systematic effort to
efface all trace of the living God from France.
> Priests and nuns were jailed and killed by the score, churches
Spirits Survived Katrina?
Interesting video clip of a story by CBS-affiliate about spirits roaming New
Orleans. Link [http://cbs5.com/video/?id=6789@kpix.dayport.com]. It runs about
four minutes.
Get Me One of Those Pink Tri's!
The NYT this morning runs a news item on the Vatican's seminary instructions. I
wouldn't call it "objective." Link
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/national/23priests.html]. Excerpts:
> Word that the Vatican is likely to issue instructions soon that could bar
Reader's Digest Condensed Version
Let me guess, quite a few of the politically incorrect passages were scissored:
> A Church of England vicar was on Wednesday unveiling his self-styled "100-Minute
Bible", an ultra-condensed edition of the Christian holy book which claims to
neatly summarise every teaching from the Creation to the Revelation.
Oh, the Mocking This Invites
But the image is there:
> THIS IS A GENUINE SONOGRAM PRINTOUT of our child at 8 weeks, 4 Days. If you look
close, however, you can see an outline of the Blessed Mother. Interestingly
enough, the length of the fetus also is the top and bottom of the Blessed
Biloxi Rubble
> The Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, has a web site up that contains photos,
videos, and reports of the devastation wrought by Katrina on the Catholic Church
in that area. Every single building owned by the diocese has been damaged to
some degree, and some have been wiped clean off
FOCUS
I had heard of Campus Crusade for Life, a Protestant outreach to colleges and
universities, but never of a Catholic equivalent. It turns out there is one:
FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students). It's eight years old and is
active on 25 secular and Catholic campuses, including the
The Schizophrenic Church?
This is the type of thing that drives me nuts. On the one hand, bishops want to
deny them Communion. The softer bishops, just want them to voluntarily abstain
from approaching the altar. And then an otherwise-decent Cardinal goes out and
honors one of them. My Protestant friends find it
Yeah, Right
I've done my share of drinking, including among large circles of male
companions. This was never (ever) a risk. If it were, I'd be drier than Carrie
Nation [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation]:
> Discussing recent comments by Archbishop Edward O'Brien on