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In The Tablet, John Cornwell sums up the debate Other critics such as Professor Michael Banner of King’s College, London, have warned of the scientific hubris which looks only at ends, rather than means: “It is the ethic of the terrorist. Let me do this bad thing so that I can achieve a good thing.”…

From the Tablet: Churches in Northern Ireland Mass was cancelled this week at Our Lady’s and the doors were bolted. I met Fr Paul Symonds, one of the parish priests (although after a number of attacks no priest lives in the presbytery at Harryville). He spoke of the inspiring signs of Christian love that have…

The NYTimes on the seminary visitation, focusing, of course, on the homosexuality issue. The Rev. Donald B. Cozzens, a former seminary rector who set off a controversy five years ago when he published a book asserting that "the priesthood is or is becoming a gay profession," said in an interview yesterday that many in the…

An AP article on the flourishing of religion in Mongolia: Mongolia is flush with foreign missionaries these days — young Mormons going door-to-door, Korean Christians working with homeless children, new Catholic churches sprouting up on the grassy steppe. The collapse of communism in 1990 brought religious freedom as well as democracy, opening the doors to…

A NYTimes analysis of the recent Troubles The violence was largely unexpected, since the Irish Republican Army, the larger Catholic enemy of the Protestant paramilitary groups, in July announced an end to its 36-year armed campaign to drive Britain out of Northern Ireland, prompting Prime Minister Tony Blair to declare a new era of peace.…

People have collected a set of something like 25 dumbest things said about Hurrican Katrina (If you haven’t seen the Wolf Blitzer, "They’re so poor….They’re so black" clip by now, you’re very late to the party. You might just laugh for like five minutes straight. ), but someone now needs to do a 25 Dumbest…

Dom has more on the Child Protection memo to dioceses and links to Fr. Bob Carr, who actually called the USCCB permissions office about the NAB podcasts. The response he got (not on his own site, but quoted at Dom’s) is consistent with what I’ve experienced – a concern that the text be accurately reproduced.…

Eve Tushnet passes on the question for you folks: I wondered if you–and perhaps your readers, if you’re interested in throwing this out to them–had any thoughts on how Catholics can do a better job of transmitting pro-marriage, pro-family beliefs _and actions_. In other words, what can we do that would make it more likely…

Looks good – a Catholic music festival in Missouri next weekend!

At the end of today’s General Audience, the Pope wished a national gathering of exorcists well Reuters story, obnoxious It might be an international gathering, though. The group met around this time last year in Mexico.
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