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Yet Another Biblical Event Verified

Archeology hasn't proven a single Biblical incident to be fictional, and it has established many as facts. The most recent: > When the sewer line in the Old City of Jerusalem needed repairs in the fall of 2004, the workmen made a historic discovery: the biblical Pool of

St. Hef

Clever leftist theologian quoted at Mere Comments: > It is not often that I commend the writings of a liberation theologian. And I'm not about to do so now, at least not in totality. But Native American liberationist Vive Deloria's thirtieth anniversary edition of God Is

Godless and Childless

A writer at Asia Times Online has fired a nice salvo at secularist ideas and practice as seen through the prism of babies. Link [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GH02Aa01.html]. Excerpts: > Humankind cannot abide the terror of mortality without the promise of immortality, I have argue

Thinking About the Taj Mahal

Eric Schwappach at The American Thinker brings this controversy to our attention. Link [http://americanthinker.com/comments.php?comments_id=2859]. Excerpt: > Controversy surrounds the Taj Mahal. This recent dispute pitted a Muslim trust which claims Islamic ownership of the great Mogul monument against the Indian government, which asserts

Something for Sunday Morning

In "Our Lady's Juggler," a former carnival juggler lives in a monastary. He notices that each monk does something special in honor of the Virgin Mary. The juggler is ashamed he has nothing to offer. But late at night, he sneaks downstairs with his balls and

More Clark II

A reader sends this along: > I am a reader and fan. Thought you should read(below) a blog entry from yesterday on Rocco Palmo's blog, whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com [http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/] from yesterday about EWTN changing their stance on Clarke... > The Other Shoe Drops >

More Clark

We hope EWTN knows what it's doing. > An Alabama-based worldwide Catholic television network has no plans to drop a program hosted by a New York priest who has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a married woman. > Monsignor Eugene V. Clark, the pastor

Strange Days Indeed . . .

. . . Most peculiar, mama: > In an unusual show of “openness” to the Catholic Church, a Masonic lodge in Italy has announced the appointment of a Catholic priest as chaplain. The news was announced during an address to members of the lodge by Grand Master Fabio Venzi of the Grand Lodge

Edgy Recruits

The Catholic Church is turning to Hollywood-marketing to recruit priests, and it just may be working. Link [http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050811-121555-3335r.htm]. Excerpts: > "If we can get high-school youth to hang a picture of a priest in their room, that's

Brews You Can Use

No, it's not Friday yet, but it's been a rough couple of days, so we're drinking early: > For more than 160 years the Trappist monks at Saint Sixtus monastery in Flanders have been producing a rich, dark-brown, beer renowned for its exceptional