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Catholic bishops say no to married priests On the tough questions of priestly celibacy and communion for divorced and remarried Catholics, 256 bishops from all over the world voted to maintain the status quo. In one of the 50 “propositions” submitted to Pope Benedict XVI to help him write an encyclical on the Eucharist, the bishops “affirmed the importance of the inestimable gift of priestly celibacy in the Latin church.” The bishops further said that the proposal to appoint Catholic... Read more

Father-like, God tends and spares us, Well our feeble frame he knows; Mother-like, God gently bears us, Rescues us from all our foes. Alleluia, alleluia! Widely yet God’s mercy flows. Go HERE for more (e.g., On Turkey’s Wings: “I will raise you up on turkey’s wings, la de da and la de da”). Et cetera. Read more

Gorbachev becomes Archon of the Patriarchate of Constantinople According to Anthony Limberakis, National Commander of the Order of St.Andrew the Apostle, the ex-president was given the honorary title as ‘a baptized Russian Orthodox Christian’ who played a key role in ‘adopting the law that guaranteed religious freedom in the former USSR’. Each archon has to make a sworn oath at his investiture ‘to defend and promote the Greek Orthodox faith and tradition’ and, in particular, ‘to protect and promote the... Read more

The Orange Peel, Asheville’s “Social Aid & Pleasure Club,” is also a church. ASHEVILLE – It’s not the church your mother took you to. Highland Christian Church is a nondenominational organization of Christ followers that encourages celebration of life through love, loyalty and friendship. And it’s making its presence known in new and innovative ways. The Orange Peel nightclub serves as the locale. A typical Sunday morning service may include music, dance, theater, film and always lots of humor. Children... Read more

The Russian Government is planning to remove Lenin’s embalmed body from Moscow’s Red Square and give it a decent burial in some cemetery. It is time the ideologue, after lying for 80 years in Red Square, following in the footsteps of the ideology was given a grave, too. Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over the demise of Lenin’s USSR in 1991, has cautioned Kremlin against undue haste in burying Lenin. But President Vladimir Putin feels Russia is already late. His predecessor... Read more

Sunday should not only be a day of rest but it should also be a day of sex, the Church of England has recommended. Story. (I know the article states that, but does it really say that?)H/T THUNDERSTRUCK Then there’s T H I S. Read more

U2’s frontman, Bono, on Evangelicals: I’ve started to see this community as a real resource in America. I have described them as “narrow-minded idealists.” If you can widen the aperture of that idealism, these people want to change the world. They want their lives to have meaning. And it’s one of the things that the Democratic Party has missed out on. You know, so much of the moral high ground in the past was Democratic: FDR, RFK, Cesar Chavez. Now... Read more

My rant on the Evangelist Madonna garnered comments in other venues around the Blogosphere. While it was intended to tweak conversation, I’ve not read any disagreement concerning my actual words. The following words, in this long but worthy read, should prove beneficial to all — even Madonna. :)In the sluggish carriage of the body my soul journeys through this world of illusions, which are trying to prove their existence by means of their sluggishness and massiveness. O Light-bearing Lord, how... Read more

I’m currently teaching a class, De-Canonizing the “Da Vinci Code.” Tonight, toward the end of our session, we visited Genesis 3, the “curses” upon Man, and the casting out from Paradise. Of course, one of the “penalties” is that the woman longs for — and submits — to her husband. Here’s an email I later received from a female parishioner: “Is this what you were talking about?” FWD … When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Paradise,... Read more