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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

Cruise Almost Left Scientology?

Did he get to the part about Smurfette's identity as the terrible mother goddess? > About 10 years ago, after being introduced to the sci-fi writer L. Ron Hubbard's sect by ex-wife Mimi Rogers, Cruise had achieved the Operating Thetan III level of instruction

Godcasts

> According to Lee, Godcasts - "religious and spiritually themed podcasts" - have become "the most popular use of the new online technology since it debuted less than a year ago". They "range from a daily dose of Scripture to a weekly dose of the Bible translated

Man, It's Not a Good Day for Catholics

If anyone has any good news to pass along, please send it to us (e-mail link on your left). > A cartoon which was banned from the BBC for its depiction of the Pope as an immature brat is set to cause new controversy after it was today confirmed

Did We Mention There's a War Going On . . .

. . . against Catholicism? > Today the Condoms4Life Campaign unveiled the newest phase of its public education effort to raise public awareness about the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the devastating effect of the bishops' ban on condoms as giant billboards went up in the Dom (Cathedral) metro station in Cologne, Germany,

Another Smarmy Attack on Opus Dei

It's just in Radar Magazine, but it'll hit the big press within 12 hours. > Despite the controversy that's dogged it from its inception, the sect has emerged as one of the most conservative and influence-seeking wings of the Catholic Church and is

Great, Just Great

> The Archdiocese of New York is looking into explosive allegations that a top priest who publicly railed against our "sex-saturated society" had a long-term affair with his married church secretary. > Msgr. Eugene Clark allegedly romanced 46-year-old Laura DeFilippo at his Hamptons home

Eyes on the Normally-Quiet Lutherans

> The scrutiny of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America this week during its biennial Churchwide Assembly in Orlando won't be due to looming votes on church reorganization and a new worship book. > The 4.9-million-member church will become the latest mainline Protestant denomination to

Another Small Scandal

It frustrates us, but the Catholic Church just has a way of messing up their own bed. It's probably because it's such a large body that isn't nearly as closely organized administratively as people think. But still, these things get tiresome. Link [http://www.

Stooping Too Low for NBC?

Leave it to the UCoCs: > Stirring the pot again, the United Church of Christ, the church that, earlier this year, ran ads mocking other churches showing a bouncer who refused entry to minors and gays is planning a new ad. The first ad, "Bouncer," part of the