An excellent, concise column from the Irish Exaxminer on the BBC/Panorama special: Many canon law experts agree that this document did not prevent bishops from reporting abuse cases to the secular authorities. In so far as they did fail to inform the police of such crimes, the bishops were wrong, but their error stems from…

Two really fascinating post over at Mike Aquilina’s. The first concerns an archaeologist who used the ruins of Syrian ghost towns to re-connect Syrian Christians to their heritage: Dr. Loosley discovered that the local Christians knew nothing about the history of the nearby ruins. Christians are a minority in Muslim-dominated Syria, and they have grown…

Eve style: The Church is such a tabloid religion, so willing to get down in the gutter and start punching, so willing to bring the Cross to the people. Mysteries without secrets; an up-front and brazen faith. And if you shake it in people’s faces… people will talk about you. Because you’re hot. Has anyone…

Well..maybe not everyone. Just some of us. (and in a good way) Check it out. Oh, and in viewing that video, I discovered a rather extensive subgenre of YouTube videos – of late term babies kickin’ it up inside their moms. Neat – and not just for the babies, but for the delighted and fascinated…

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