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Today's Fresh Blogs...| The ‘usual’ death-penalty ghosts |
| Published: July 24, 2007, 8:37 am |
| Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Journalism, Catholicism |
| Have you been following the case of convicted cop-killer Troy Davis on death row in Georgia? The Georgia clemency board recently granted him a stay of execution, so the story has moved off page one of the major newspapers and back into the inside pages for a while. Still it is worth following, for several reasons (including what is, for me, a |
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| Catholics and Protestants still have doctrinal differences |
| Published: July 24, 2007, 12:23 am |
| Tags: Religion, Catholicism, Mainline |
| declaration reaffirming Catholicism as the one true church.” Let’s see if they’re downplaying the Vatican declaration or the media treatment: Faithful people from Tacoma to Tulsa to Tijuana took notice this month when the Vatican reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the only path to salvation. Pope Benedict XVI’s |
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| Dark night of a reporter’s soul |
| Published: July 21, 2007, 11:02 pm |
| Tags: Catholicism, Evangelicals, First Person, Sex |
| The editors of the Los Angeles Times made an interesting decision when they decided to give page-one play to religion reporter William Lobdell’s soul-searching essay, “Religion beat became a test of faith — A reporter looks at how the stories he covered affected him and his spiritual journey.” That headline is actually |
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| Latin Mass 'Indult' Leaked |
| Published: July 6, 2007, 1:29 am |
| Tags: Catholicism, Roman Catholicism |
| Whispers in the Loggia has the Latin text of the Motu Proprio and has published an analysis. Christopher Gillibrand has translated the first two paragraphs for readers of this blog. There will be much rejoicing in traditionalist circles over this.... |
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| Post-Catholic Britain? |
| Published: June 28, 2007, 8:13 am |
| Tags: Catholicism, Health, Natural Law, Politics, Ruth Kelly, Secularism |
| The indult is on its way, to be published 7 July. Some senior bishops already have it. Meanwhile, I am trying to check out a bizarre rumour I've heard - I stress it is just a rumour at present and... |
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| Ave Maria! |
| Published: July 21, 2007, 3:45 am |
| Tags: Catholicism |
| It's known for its theme parks but the new all-Catholic, "vice-free" town, Ave Maria in Florida is for real.Opening today, the 5,000-acre site will comprise a university and eventually be home to 30,000 Catholics and the country's largest crucifix. Designed on Catholic principles shops in the town won't sell cigarettes, condoms or porn. |
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| Chinese Catholics, world Confucians |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 1:00 pm |
| Tags: Catholicism, Confucianism |
| The rift between Chinese Catholics and the Vatican widens, with the appointment of Father Li Shan as a Bishop, without Vatican consent. Earlier this year the Pope wrote a letter urging Chinese Catholics towards unity, and independence of state interference.Meanwhile academics argue that if China is to have a 'state' religion it should be |
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| Here some stand |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 3:53 pm |
| Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Godbeat, Anglicanism, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Judaism, Islam, Sex, Mainline |
| “Stories like this annoy me,” a Lutheran pastor wrote when he notified us of the following Chicago Sun-Times piece. Written by veteran religion reporter Susan Hogan/Albach, it’s about how the Metropolitan Chicago bishop-elect of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America views his denomination’s celibacy requirement for gay |
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| Devotion to God, then the game |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 6:34 pm |
| Tags: Godbeat, Sports, Catholicism |
| Michael Kress is the assistant managing editor at Beliefnet and a freelance religion reporter. I’ve come across a few of his articles recently as he’s published in Slate, Dallas Morning News and other sites. He had a really straightforward but interesting Q&A with Mike Piazza in the Seattle Times this week. Piazza is the (boo, |
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| “Well, duh!” headline of the day |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 9:28 pm |
| Tags: Politics, Journalism, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Mainline |
| There is nothing really wrong with this Associated Press report by Tom Raum. Honest. But it does rather leave you wondering if the editors who wrote this and, especially, wrote the headline were around at the time of the 2000 and 2004 “pew gap” elections. Also, there has been an ocean of ink spilled on this topic in the past year. I |
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| Easyjet priests |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 12:59 pm |
| Tags: Catholicism |
| Radio 4 has an interesting programme about the rising demand for - and arrival of - Catholic Polish priests in Britain. What will be fascinating is to see how the Polish Catholic tradition - often pretty strict - meshes with the liberal-right-on-Catholicism common in Britain. |
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| Assume the official position |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 10:18 pm |
| Tags: Social Issues, Web Tech, Journalism, Academia, Religion, Creeping Fundamentalism, Anglicanism, World Religions, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Judaism, Islam, Sex, Mainline |
| While visiting the blog of Episcopal priest Joseph Howard I came across a link to a new journalism and religion site. Funded by the Carnegie-Knight Initiative, the site has blogs, links to a Second Life community, and other features. Here’s how it’s described: Stories about religion are too often framed around conflict and controversy, |
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| Here she is, Miss Female Catholic Priest |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 12:23 am |
| Tags: Godbeat, Catholicism |
| Today I was crowned Miss America. Except by “Miss America” I mean my husband said I was “one foxy-looking pregnant lady.” It’s a shame that pageant organizers do not recognize this triumph and bestow on me the crown I so rightfully deserve. I joke, but check out the lede to a story from Portland’s KOIN News: |
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| Ghost in the gorilla mists? |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 10:32 am |
| Tags: Politics, World Religions, World, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Science |
| No, I am not bashing Catholicism. I am merely referring to the fact that the Hutu-Tutsi wars not that long ago includes many accusations that powerful Catholic leaders in this part of the world should have done more to stop the bloodshed or, at least, not made it worse. And is there some link to religion in this new conflict? The rest of |
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| Ghost in the gorilla mists? |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 10:32 am |
| Tags: Politics, World Religions, World, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Science |
| No, I am not bashing Catholicism. I am merely referring to the fact that the Hutu-Tutsi wars not that long ago includes many accusations that powerful Catholic leaders in this part of the world should have done more to stop the bloodshed or, at least, not made it worse. And is there some link to religion in this new conflict? The rest of |
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