Religion

> Three years after the clergy sex abuse crisis rocked the Roman Catholic church, a Vatican-directed evaluation of all U.S. seminaries is scheduled to begin late next month. > Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, the U.S. coordinator for the review, said 117 bishops and seminary staff will visit

A follow-up to our earlier post (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1966/]): > "In an indication of the deep split over homosexuality in the church, which with five million members is the nation's largest Lutheran denomination, the vote on gay clergy members at the church's assembly

. . . this place is supposed to be a Christian camp, but so far, it seems like Hell. > According to [a federal] lawsuit . . . young Ezekiel Losoya . . . was subjected to an assortment of "inhumane, degrading, and criminal conduct" during a one-week stay in the summer of 2003. Among 19 separate

Why not just call yourselves the "Favoring Anything Group"? You can even get some great monogrammed golf shirts. > After years of being labeled as devil worshippers who sacrifice animals under a full moon, the modern-day followers of ancient beliefs want to be part of the community. >

One million youths attended today's concluding World Youth Day Mass. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/international/europe/21pope-wire.html?hp]. Excerpt: > As [Pope Benedict] began his homily, calling on the pilgrims and visitors to World Youth Day to make wise use of the

Virtues of the soul, according to John Damascene: Courage, moral judgment, self-restraint, justice, faith, hope, love, prayer, humility, gentleness, long-suffering, forbearance, kindness, freedom from anger, knowledge of God, cheerfulness, simplicity, calmness, sincerity, freedom from pride, freedom from envy, compassion, mercifulness, generosity, fearlessness, freedom from dejection, compunction, modesty, reverence, desire for