The Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants will meet in the World Series starting tomorrow. That will be only the second time that the two wild-card teams played each other in the World Series. Since the wild card–not the division champions but the
The initial statement from the Roman Catholic synod on the family was hailed for its welcoming language for divorced Catholics and same-sex partners, but the final version emphasized more traditional moral teachings. But votes on the sections show a very divided group of bishops. The
There are liberal Catholics and there are conservative Catholics. The latter faction at the Synod on the Family is criticizing the revisionist views of sexual morality that appeared in a preliminary working document. (See here and here.) (more…)
Ebola starts with a fever and aches and pains, sort of like the flu. Then comes vomiting and diarrhea. Then comes a red rash. If the disease progresses, the whites of your eyes turn red. You start to hemorrhage internally. Then you start bleeding from
French economist Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Economics for showing the inter-relationship between markets and government regulations. According to Matt O’Brien’s explanation, government regulation of company’s “excess profits” is assumed to be a good thing. (more…)
Annise Parker, the openly gay mayor of Houston, is cracking down on churches that are opposing “HERO,” the latest city ordinance that forbids discrimination against homosexuals. She has issued subpoenas of pastors’ sermons to see if they are preaching against the bill, which could be
A second nurse in Dallas who took care of Thomas Duncan, who died of the disease, has been diagnosed with Ebola. A further problem is that she was on a flight from Cleveland the day before she was admitted to the hospital, exposing 132 passengers.
The Kansas City Royals, which taught me to love baseball long ago, have hit the fewest home runs in the major leagues, relying on speed, defense, and pitching. But they swept the mighty Orioles, after also sweeping the mighty Angels. And now they are in
The New Testament reading for last Sunday was the parable about the king’s invitations to the marriage feast–those who turned them down and those who were brought in off the streets (Matthew 22:1-14). You’ve got to see what our pastor did with this. (more…)
More from the first working document from the Catholic synod on the family: The Church should “appreciate the positive values” that can be found in gay unions and with couples living together out of wedlock. Traditional marriage, it says, is “ideal,” but the synod is
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