Religion

> Senarighi's class, called Yogadevotion and taught in the main chapel of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Minn., is part of a fast-growing movement that seeks to retool the 5,000-year-old practice of yoga to fit Christ's teachings. From Phoenix, Ariz., to Pittsburgh,

> One of the most popular Christian podcasts, Catholic Insider ( catholicinsider.com [http://www.catholicinsider.com]), already exceeds 10,000 listeners for each program. The founder is the Rev. Roderick Vonhögen, 37, a priest from the Netherlands, who heard about podcasting from one of his parishioners and has become

> The new Pope faces his first controversy over the direction of the Catholic church after it was revealed that the Vatican has drawn up a religious instruction preventing gay men from being priests. > The controversial document, produced by the Congregation for Catholic Education and Seminaries, the body overseeing

A few quotes from The Philokalia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philokalia]: “Thoughts gather about the soul according to its underlying quality.” “He who loves God lives the angelic life on earth, fasting and keeping vigils, praying and singing psalms and always thinking good of every man.” “Always keep the

> A federal bankruptcy judge yesterday ruled that churches and schools in the Catholic Diocese of Spokane are owned by the diocese and can be sold to pay settlements to sex-abuse victims, a decision that evoked both triumph and disappointment. > The decision – the first of its kind in the

Eric Scheske attended his first Latin Mass earlier this year. He scarcely understood a thing, efforts to follow along in the Latin-English Missal notwithstanding. He loved it. The very last sentence below pretty much sums up his experience. Link [http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050826/EDIT02/

The New York Times ran a competent, even sympathetic, piece yesterday about religious scientists. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/national/23believers.html?ei=5090&en=a7fec44c68be1f25&ex=1282449600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=1&adxnnlx=1125057607-oK9NcrAvwmy8NuSaYyhsJA] . Excerpt: >

Ali and the Dalai Lama? Islam is about as friendly toward Buddhism (a non-people-of-the-book religion) as it is to liquor stores. > By meticulously tapping sand out of foot-long steel funnels, eight Tibetan monks are creating a sacred artwork to commemorate the friendship of Louisville native Muhammad Ali and the