Although the beginning of Lent calls us to more important matters, it’s worth spending a moment to consider some of the results from yesterday’s Super Tuesday voting. Everyone understands the big contours of the results: McCain the presumptive nominee, Romney in flames, Clinton a mild . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at the New Liturgical Movement blog, Gregor Kollmorgen notes that the Vatican Secretariart of State will issue a note today regarding the prayer Pro Judeis to be used in the Good Friday liturgy in the rite of Bl. John XXII, i.e., the 1962 Missale Romanum. Kollmorgen writes: The following from . . . . Continue Reading »
The Drudge Report is highlighting this BBC article on the decline of religious life in the Catholic Church. Here’s the basic gist: Newly published statistics showed that the number of men and women belonging to religious orders fell by 10% to just under a million between 2005 and 2006. During . . . . Continue Reading »
I have written previously of the futile care imposition being attempted by a Winnipeg hospital against Sam Golubchuk, an elderly Orthodox Jewish man whose family wants his life support maintained for ethical and religious reasons. Apparently, he continues to improve and the doctors still want the . . . . Continue Reading »
Last week I wrote about what I perceived as the constant barrage of press against universities and colleges with large endowments: “These are rumors of war—of people building for an attack on private institutions with lots of money. I expect the drumbeat will grow louder.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh for the days when legislators took their calling seriously ! Yes, in 1897 pi came this close (my thumb and forefinger are a millimeter apart) to being formally declared 3.2 in the Indiana legislature. That is until some pointy head blurred the line between ivory tower and state. Who will ascend . . . . Continue Reading »
I knew about the Our Lady of Guadalupe votive candles beside the refried beans at the grocery store. And there’s HappyMart in southern Virginia, with guns and milkshakes at the same counter. But Bernard of Cluny’s De Contemptu Mundi at Target.com ?! . . . . Continue Reading »
This is very good: French scientists have used leftover human skin from cosmetic surgery to develop a product for testing cosmetics that is better than using animals. From the story:Cosmetics giant L’Oreal showed Sky News their new product called Episkin in an exclusive visit to their . . . . Continue Reading »
So Stallone is following up Rambo 4 , which has cast some light on the brutal regime in Myanmar (the former Burma), with a personal commitment to agitate in the cause of anti-junta forces there, if necessary. “With the release of ‘Rambo,’ anti-junta activists are using the . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . there was Phil . Or whoever the deity was who required animal sacrifices to keep from getting his panties in a bunch. As Zeus was god of thunder, “Phil” was god of excess humidity, making him one of the least popular divinities, explaining his sudden disappearance. . . . . Continue Reading »
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