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Important Symbolism

> Pope Benedict XVI is sending a personal donation to relief efforts for the victims of hurricane Katrina. > The Holy Father has dispatched Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, the head of the pontifical charity Cor Unum, to deliver the aid and to express the Pope's sympathy to the

Charming

In the tradition of Madalyn Murray O'Hair [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1399/]: > The American Atheists organization says President Bush should stop urging prayer for Hurricane Katrina victims because it violates the Constitution. > Ellen Johnson, president of the group said Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Bush "should

The N.O. RCC

> No religious institution faced as daunting a challenge as the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Most of its parishioners have scattered, and half of its 300 priests are unaccounted for. But Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans, the spiritual leader of 500,000 people in one of the most

A Shocker

And people complained about the Latin Mass: > Pop star Britney Spears has confessed that she cannot understand her Kabbalah books, the holy texts on the mystical Jewish faith. > Though the pregnant singer, who was introduced to the Kabbalah religion by her friend Madonna, says she is not able

Probably Futile . . .

. . . but it's good to see more and more Catholic clergy showing some backbone: > Scotland's most senior Catholic has come under fire for claiming that plans to allow gay couples to adopt were "gravely immoral". > Writing in a national newspaper, Cardinal Keith O&

The Sacrilegious Know No Sacrilege

> An Australian artist's work that shows a Star Wars robot hanging from a cross has outraged some churches. > The Melbourne Herald Sun reports that Crusci-fiction is part of an exhibit called False Idols by artist Jud Wimhurst which opens this month at a Melbourne gallery. Crusci-fiction

Something for Sunday Morning

Thoughts of St. John Vianney: > We may well be astonished that God was obliged to make a commandment to forbid us to take his Name in vain. > A humble person, if his opinion is asked, gives it in all simplicity and then leaves others to give theirs. Whether

Very Surprising

We thought this was a near no-brainer. Maybe it's not: > As the Vatican prepares to visit U.S. seminaries in September in response to the sex abuse scandal, the fate of a long-awaited Vatican document on whether homosexuals should be barred from the priesthood appears uncertain. >

Eclectic Team

The Boston Red Sox put themselves at the front of the homosexuality-is-normal movement (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1216/]), but they also have the largest number of evangelical Christians. Did they quietly stay away during the Red Sox homosexuality antics? If they objected, did Red Sox management decide to plow forward

And a Whimper Goes Up from Eric Scheske

Seven in eleven years. Not enough? > Pope Benedict XVI told Catholics to have more babies "for the good of society," saying that some countries were being sapped of energy because of low birth rates. > "Having children is a gift that brings life and well-being to