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Maronite v. Baptist
By
awelborn
In Lebanon: A group of 10 Maronite men assaulted Baptist Pastor Raymond Abou-Mekhael and another church member at 6:30 p.m. as they were on their way to retrieve items from their parked cars. The Maronites broke the unidentified church member’s rib and both men’s glasses, smashed the car windows and then dumped the two men…
Protection Racket?
By
awelborn
A reader writes: Our Catholic school has required parents to complete a ‘"Safe Enviroment" training for the past couple of years. I have had very mixed feelings about the program. I completely agree that volunteers who work regularly with children should be trained in recognizing and preventing child abuse (the need for which was exemplified…
Front and Center
By
awelborn
Every day, Wikipedia features one of its articles on the front page of the site. Today the featured article is on Gregorian Chant – Jeffrey Tucker of the New Liturgical Movement and, of course, many others have been involved in compiling the entry. He says of the experience: To me this entry alone is enough…
Non-destructive?
By
awelborn
The big bioethics/research story today is the possibility of extracting stem cells from embryos without destroying the embryos. The new technique would be performed on a two-day-old embryo, after the fertilized egg has divided into eight cells, known as blastomeres. In fertility clinics, where the embryo is available outside the woman in the normal course…
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