Religion

> A French Cardinal has excommunicated a Catholic woman claiming she was "ordained" as a priest by three women who call themselves Roman Catholic bishops. For those supposing the next generation of church leaders will turn the church even more politically correct, the action by one of the

On June 28th, Pope Benedict presented a new "Compendium" of the catechism of the Catholic Church. It features fourteen full-color sacred images. Link [http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=35203&eng=y]. Excerpts: > As the pope has explained, the images are not there purely

> In South Africa, so the Church Times article by Michael Bleby explains, some Christians like to involve their ancestors in worship, and, the argument goes, since blood is symbolic of life, Christian worshippers can come into communion with their ancestors through the fresh blood of a goat. . . > "

Russell Moore at Mere Comments does a pretty good job of trying to parse our culture's flippant attitude toward funerals. Link [http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2005/07/fiery_minister_.html]. Excerpts: According to USA Today [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-07-02-minister-fireworks_x.htm], a Lutheran pastor

> Humanists and atheists from East and West meet in Paris this week to forge a common platform against what they see as a growing threat from religions and religious politicians to secular states across the globe. . . > Their gathering, the World Humanist Congress running Monday to Thursday, is timed

While we were on vacation last week, Dawn Eden at The Dawn Patrol announced that she's joining the Catholic Church. Here's her explanation. Link [http://www.dawneden.com/2005/06/how-i-became-catholic-i-wuzpart-1.html]. Excerpt: > C.S. Lewis wrote that those who find themselves in heaven will

What's next? How-to-Make-Yourself a Priest for Dummies (it wouldn't be for anyone else)? > A French woman defied a threat of excommunication by the Roman Catholic Church and held a ceremony proclaiming herself a priest on Saturday. > In a small ceremony on a boat, Genevieve

Some apologetics for this week of off-beat fare: One of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's more clever and sinister characters (Peter Verkhovensky in The Demons) says of religion: The worse off a man is, the more downtrodden, the poorer–the more stubbornly he clings to the idea that it will all