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    Saturday, August 09, 2003    
         
      Intellectual Dishonesty Among Pro-Homosexual Episcopalians
(08/09/03 03:59:36 PM; 1178 words)
Intellectual Dishonesty Among Pro-Homosexual Episcopalians Frankly, I don't know how the Christians among the Episcopalians can read this kind of stuff without vomiting. Have a look at this NYT article,....
   
      Johnson Hammers Griswold
(08/09/03 03:33:46 PM; 159 words)
Johnson Hammers Griswold Episcopalian (?) blogger Christopher Johnson fisks the homily given by ECUSA Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold at the conclusion of the General Convention: .... That last part is....
   
      USCCB on the Non-Smoking Non-Gun
(08/09/03 03:06:34 PM; 403 words)
USCCB on the Non-Smoking Non-Gun The USCCB has released a statement, Aug. 7, on the 1962 document concerning procedures to be followed in cases of solicitation in the confessional: ........
   
      What Happened on Flight 93?
(08/09/03 01:13:13 PM; 13 words)
What Happened on Flight 93? In this life, we'll never really know. Vide.
   
      "Defending Pope and Blasting Bigoted Sun-Times Headlines and Phony Catholic Politicians in Chicago"
(08/09/03 12:36:48 PM; 360 words)
"Defending Pope and Blasting Bigoted Sun-Times Headlines and Phony Catholic Politicians in Chicago" An Illinois reader calls my attention to this homily by Most Reverend Thomas J. Paprocki, Auxiliary Bishop....
   
      Catholic Analysis Redux
(08/09/03 12:06:01 PM; 50 words)
Catholic Analysis Redux Check out Oswald Sobrino's always-superb weblog for two blockbuster entries this week: Lessons for Roman Catholics and What Paul Said About Homosexual Behavior, which contains the remarkable....
   
      Racism Among Liberal Episcopalians? Redux
(08/09/03 11:58:57 AM; 311 words)
Racism Among Liberal Episcopalians? Redux From an article in The Guardian, July 12, on an Anglican general synod in York, England, and the recent withdrawal of the homosexual Anglican priest....
   
      "Tumbling Downhill"
(08/09/03 07:16:13 AM; 63 words)
"Tumbling Downhill" The proper perspective on "extremist" positions. A reader writes: I can't believe we are in this place in society that we are debating homosexual marriage. The arguments that....
   
    Friday, August 08, 2003    
         
      A Little Slow on the Uptake?
(08/08/03 10:31:54 PM; 171 words)
A Little Slow on the Uptake? Katherine Kersten writes at OpinionJournal today: This week, the Episcopal Church's triennial Convention was the site of a media frenzy. On Tuesday, church leaders....
   
      "Christ's Teachings Could Never Be Campaign Against Gays"
(08/08/03 10:15:11 PM; 280 words)
"Christ's Teachings Could Never Be Campaign Against Gays" Francis Cardinal George's homily, Aug. 3, responds to a malicious headline (malicious? you bet!) in the Chicago Sun-Times, Aug. 1: .... I....
   
      More On That 1962 "Smoking Gun"
(08/08/03 12:21:20 PM; 442 words)
More On That 1962 "Smoking Gun" Bill Cork blogs, yesterday, the links to two other articles in the Catholic press on the 1962 document about proceedings concerning solicitation in the....
   
      More Fantasies Reported as Fact by NYT?
(08/08/03 11:55:55 AM; 69 words)
More Fantasies Reported as Fact by NYT? And bias in a BG article on the ECUSA general convention. Matthew Hoy shows, yesterday, why we ought to wonder if the New....
   
      Traitors and Tapeworms
(08/08/03 08:28:20 AM; 28 words)
Traitors and Tapeworms Two great blogs from Diogenes at Off the Record yesterday: Tapeworms and Trahison des clercs. See also Will Andrew Sullivan Become an Honest Man?
   
      Fallout from the Episcopalian Vote
(08/08/03 08:18:49 AM; 17 words)
Fallout from the Episcopalian Vote Christopher Johnson has a round-up, yesterday, of the latest pronouncements world-wide.
   
      The Kingfisher's Wing
(08/08/03 08:00:15 AM; 27 words)
The Kingfisher's Wing Don't miss these blogs by Chris Hart: We should pretend [sic] faithful Catholics aren't. and An Open Letter to Andrew Sullivan.
   
      New Kid on the Block
(08/08/03 07:53:36 AM; 80 words)
New Kid on the Block Times Against Humanity Check out Earl Appleby's young weblog. As I noted at the conclusion of my last report, Catholic crusaders do not roam the....
   
    Thursday, August 07, 2003    
         
      Why Would The Passion Be Different?
(08/07/03 07:29:04 PM; 19 words)
Why Would The Passion Be Different? Craig Henry asks a really good question of Mel Gibson's liberal critics. Vide.
   
      The March of the Homonazis
(08/07/03 07:19:24 PM; 284 words)
The March of the Homonazis It may be coming soon. Here's what John Derbyshire had to say today at The Corner: Just cleared the last of a huge e-mailbag following....
   
      With All Due Respect
(08/07/03 02:27:49 PM; 372 words)
With All Due Respect WaPo reports today on ECUSA's further approval of sexual perversity by allowing the "blessing" of same-sex "unions". (No word on when the "blessing" of intergenerational-intimacy "unions"....
   
      CBS Lies About the Catholic Church
(08/07/03 01:49:09 PM; 458 words)
CBS Lies About the Catholic Church CBS Evening News lied about the Catholic Church last night: For decades, priests in this country abused children in parish after parish while their....
   
    Wednesday, August 06, 2003    
         
      Ecumenical Ramifications
(08/06/03 12:15:41 PM; 39 words)
Ecumenical Ramifications Apart from the impending schism among Anglicans, both Bill Cork and Oswald Sobrino note the ramifications for ecumenical dialogue of yesterdays' vote to confirm the first "openly" "gay"....
   
      Suggested Reading for Episcopalians Troubled in Conscience
(08/06/03 07:20:51 AM; 177 words)
Suggested Reading for Episcopalians Troubled in Conscience All available on the World Wide Web. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (John Henry Newman) Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans....
   
    Tuesday, August 05, 2003    
         
      "U.S. Episcopal Leaders Approve Openly Gay Bishop"
(08/05/03 08:53:43 PM; 197 words)
"U.S. Episcopal Leaders Approve Openly Gay Bishop" From Reuters: Episcopal bishops on Tuesday approved the church's first openly gay bishop after an investigation cleared him of 11th-hour allegations that he....
   
      Episcopalian Bishop Wanted by FBI
(08/05/03 05:50:03 PM; 268 words)
Episcopalian Bishop Wanted by FBI And CIA. And NSA. And prosecutors all over the country. Normally, investigations last for years. Or months. Or weeks. Heck, they usually last for a....
   
      Shacking Up Not Good For Marriage
(08/05/03 10:54:32 AM; 184 words)
Shacking Up Not Good For Marriage Recently, a study out of Berkeley made conservatives out to be Neanderthals. It was widely reported. Will this study be widely reported? Even though....
   
      The (In)famous E-mail
(08/05/03 10:16:07 AM; 151 words)
The (In)famous E-mail From David Lewis to Episcopalian bishops about Rev. V. Gene Robinson. And an article from a Vermont newspaper. Vide. You may find it noteworthy that Lewis is....
   
      "Gay Marriage and the Influence of One Marriage on All"
(08/05/03 09:46:12 AM; 440 words)
"Gay Marriage and the Influence of One Marriage on All" A monumental blog today by Bryan Preston at JunkYardBlog: .... The unfairness of recognizing only man-woman marriages just grates on....
   
      The Bias in Mainstream Media
(08/05/03 07:46:45 AM; 475 words)
The Bias in Mainstream Media Why, when mainstream media goofs up, is it invariably to the detriment of, say, conservatives, or Catholics, or Republicans? When an editor or reporter doesn't....
   
    Monday, August 04, 2003    
         
      "The Collapse of Sola Scriptura"
(08/04/03 09:48:12 PM; 16 words)
"The Collapse of Sola Scriptura" An excellent blog today by Oswald Sobrino at Catholic Analysis.
   
      Shades of Anita Hill?
(08/04/03 09:25:47 PM; 338 words)
Shades of Anita Hill? In the Pioneer Press today: Hundreds of Episcopalians and church observers the world over packed the Minneapolis Convention Center on Monday to see whether an openly....
   
      A Reader Writes to Andrew Sullivan
(08/04/03 04:27:26 PM; 668 words)
A Reader Writes to Andrew Sullivan And a look at ECUSA's GC yesterday. A reader just forwarded this letter to Andrew Sullivan. Dear Andrew: Let's begin with what I love....
   
      What's the Opposite of Meaningful?
(08/04/03 11:00:41 AM; 34 words)
What's the Opposite of Meaningful? Meaningless? Or mean? "Obviously we have to see what the finished film actually is to make meaningful criticism...." I hope I'd have been smart enough....
   
      David Warren on the Threat of "Gay" "Marriage"
(08/04/03 10:53:43 AM; 390 words)
David Warren on the Threat of "Gay" "Marriage" From his essay, June 29: .... In reducing the question of marriage, and the institution of family that depends on it, to....
   
    Sunday, August 03, 2003    
         
      Compare and Contrast
(08/03/03 08:23:05 PM; 18 words)
Compare and Contrast Christopher Johnson and Andrew Sullivan & Friends Midwest Conservative Journal and The Daily Dish.
   
      Stupidity on Display
(08/03/03 01:43:25 PM; 148 words)
Stupidity on Display And the PC crowd would love to bring this kind of stupidity here. Yahoo! Nachrichten - Israel, Palästina und der Nahost-Konflikt - Ausweis-Kontrolle: Ausweis-Kontrolle / Eine Palästinenserin,....
   
      Newman Novena
(08/03/03 01:18:39 PM; 25 words)
Newman Novena A novena in preparation for the anniversary of the death of Ven. John Henry Newman, Aug. 11, began yesterday at Quenta Nârwenion.
   
      Three by Madeleva II
(08/03/03 01:01:54 PM; 401 words)
Three by Madeleva II Sonnets by Sister M. Madeleva, C.S.C. Marginalium I think the story of Shalott is wrong; Oh! not the "four gray walls and four gray towers," The....
   

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