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This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55110 Tuesday, April 10, 2007 INTERNET NEWSChristian 'hate sites' blasted by HindusSouthern Baptists, Gospel for Asia, CBN targeted in published report Posted: April 10, 20071:00 a.m. Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com A new report published by a Hindu foundation is blasting Christian organizations across the nation, including the Southern Baptists' missions board, Gospel for Asia and the Minnesota-based Olive Tree Ministries, which aims its ministry at teaching Christians about their beliefs, for having Internet "hate sites." "The proliferation of websites promoting religious...

The Stations of the Cross has two related meanings. In one sense, the Stations of the Cross refers to the liturgical practice of using various events in the final hours of Jesus’ life as a structure for prayer and meditation (also called the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross). These events encompass Jesus’ journey carrying his cross from the Hall of Pilate where he was condemned to death to the site of his execution on Golgotha (Calvary). As part of their acts of devotion, early Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem retraced the route of Jesus as he carried his cross...

“National unity,� “one love,� “inclusion� and “multi-culturalism� are catchwords used by politicians, public speakers and tourist guides to camouflage tensions and divisions in ethnically plural societies like Trinidad and Tobago. Boundaries and enclaves are created and maintained by competing groups to separate the insider from the outsider through a process of absorption, exclusion and subordination (Livezey 2001). Even churches in these societies are not always blessed with tolerance for diverse cultural and theological differences and the acceptance of “other� ethnic identities. I wish to argue that even in Creole, Post-Creole, Plural or Post-Plural societies, equality and mutual respect are superficial...

Hindu groups are launching an international campaign today to halt India?s plans to create a shipping channel by dredging the sea between India and Sri Lanka. They say that the project will destroy an ancient chain of shoals known as Adam?s Bridge, which Hindus believe was built by an army of monkeys to allow Lord Rama to cross to Lanka to rescue his abducted wife. They are also protesting on environmental grounds, arguing that the 30-mile string of limestone shoals, also known as Ram Sethu, protected large parts of India from the 2004 tsunami. ?The bridge is as holy to...

I can summarize spring breaks by pithy quips made by some of the people I've come across in my travels. At his front doorstep, John Kerry asked us who visited him over spring break in 2005, "Why aren't you somewhere warmer?" Much to the confusion of the erstwhile presidential hopeful and those college students yearning for the Mexican coastline, my friends and I have continued a tradition since freshman year by packing our thickest shirts and heaviest sweaters to brace for the Northern Winter. Another spring break, another week spent trekking northwards. This year's destination placed us in Minneapolis, a...

NEW DELHI, India, Mar. 15 /Christian Newswire/ -- The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (NCSC/ST) recently rejected the demand for affirmative-action benefits for Dalit Christians and Muslims. The committee denied the need for the benefits on the grounds that "untouchability," the main criteria for the benefits, only affected Hindu Dalits. Some Christian organizations in India conducted rallies opposing the decision. They also submitted letters petitioning various government officials to ignore the commission's rejection. In 2005, the Supreme Court requested that the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM) conduct an investigation and complete a report concerning...

NEW DELHI (ICNS): A Delegation of South Indian Bishops and others are camping in the Capital for garnering support among senior cabinet ministers and other important officials in favour of reservation for Dalit Christians. Leading the delegation among others are Archbishop Malayappan Cinnappa of Madras-Mylapore Archdiocese, Archbishop Peter Fernando of the Madurai Archdiocese and Bishop Anthonisamy Neethinathan of Chinglepet diocese. The delegation is expected to meet the Prime minister tomorrow. Among those the delegation has called upon till now are the Tribal affairs minister PR Kyndiah, chairman of the National Minorities Commission Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Labour minister Oscar Fernandes and...

Perhaps the most ancient Christian writings, besides the Holy Scripture, are “the Teaching of the Twelve,” which is commonly referred to as “the Didache” (12), and which is subtitled within itself as, “The Teaching of the Lord to the Gentiles by the Twelve Apostles.” It's date of composition is contentious, with various authors placing it anywhere between 50 A.D. (and thus, it would be older than nearly any New Testament work) and, at the very latest, 160 A.D. Although certain church communities (if they, in fact, refered to this identical document) considered the Didache as scriptural, it was clearly rejected...

Eulogy Edward Rudolph Loesch May 11, 1914 – February 24, 2007 My father, Edward Loesch, came from good German stock who were fleeing from Otto von Bismarck's regime in Germany in 1870. They were wine-barrel makers and draft dodgers. There's a story about Edward's grandfather Adam Loesch, the barrel-maker. In the late 1800's, a fellow offered to put him in charge of his whole barrel-making operation for the newfangled petroleum industry --- a fellow named Andrew Carnegie. But did Adam Loesch take the job? No-o-o. He was no fool. He said, “There's no future in oil. The future's in beer!”...

Many Protestants today realize that Catholics adhere to two of the important "solas" related to salvation sola gratia (by grace alone) and solo Christo (by Christ alone) but fewer are aware that Catholics can also accept the formula of justification sola fide (by faith alone), provided this phrase is properly understood. The term pistis is used in the Bible in a number of different senses, ranging from intellectual belief (Romans 14:22, 23, James 2:19), to assurance (Acts 17:31), and even to trustworthiness or reliability (Romans 3:3, Titus 2:10). Of key importance is Galatians 5:6, which refers to faith working...

Christianity 101 stipulates that the body of Jesus isn't available for viewing. Other religions have it easier. Several hundred people turned out in 2005 to view a touring collection of Buddhist relics at the Thousand Buddha Temple in Quincy. The exhibition displayed relics of Siddhartha, the religious figure most outsiders know simply by his title -- Buddha. The relics included flakes of dried blood, fragments of bone, and cremated remains believed to be those of Buddhism's founder, who died about 2,500 years ago. For Buddhists, viewing a relic is an intense experience. "I can attain pure mind at the moment...

LONDON – Around 250 million Christians worldwide will face persecution in 2007, simply for following Jesus Christ, according to persecution watchdog Release International. In particular the U.K.-based group found that persecution is growing the fastest in the Muslim world. According to Release, most persecution takes place in four distinct “zones”: those of Islam, Communism, Hinduism and Buddhism. But persecution is growing fastest of all in the Muslim world. Governments in even moderate Muslim countries often fail to safeguard the rights of their Christian minorities, explained RI. Abuses suffered by Christians include kidnapping, forced conversion, imprisonment, church destruction, torture, rape and...

"Truth comes out breaking the walls of a fortress" is a Punjabi saying. For the lovers of truth G. B. Singh has exploded the Gandhi myth – apostle of peace, emancipator of untouchables and liberator of India by peaceful means from the British yoke – by publishing his labor of love, Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity. G. B. Singh studied Gandhi for over twenty years collecting Gandhi’s speeches, writings and other documents, which the promoters of Gandhi left out intentionally to create a twentieth century messiah by fusing Jesus Christ and Vishnu. The oppressors – the proponents of colonialism,...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Courtney Kuehn went to a Hmong wedding and — surprise! — tradition dictated a toast to her old college roommate. Paul Purdy went to synagogue with a Jewish girlfriend and accidentally stood for the Mourner’s Kaddish. Such trans-cultural encounters are common in a nation under many gods, especially this time of year when celebrations often involve friends from other faiths. Questions come up. Is it OK to serve pork at a holiday party? Should my Buddhist friend get a Christmas card? Religious etiquette guides offer some answers. The books, including ‘‘How to be a Perfect Stranger’’...

Rome, Dec. 13, 2006 (CWNews.com) - Italy’s National Alliance party is leading a petition drive among Catholics in the Liguria region, asking the bishops there to allow at least one Sunday Mass each week celebrated in the Tridentine rite. The National Alliance, concerned about the steady influx of immigrants from South America and Eastern Europe into Liguria, argues that the use of the 1962 Missal would be an effective way to help integrate the new residents into the region’s traditional culture. Formed by an alliance of the Italian Social Movement with members of the defunct Christian Democrat party, the center-right...

RAXAUL, India (UCAN) -- A center for people with leprosy that a Catholic priest manages in eastern India chose to have its oldest worker preside at its silver jubilee celebration. Joining Gourishankar Rout, 90, on the dais for the Nov. 24 program at Little Flower Leprosy Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre were a Catholic bishop, a Hindu priest and a Muslim cleric. The center is in Raxaul, a town in Bihar state, 1,030 kilometers east of New Delhi. Father Christ Das, a priest of Bettiah diocese, started the center in 1981 with about 100 people suffering from leprosy, including Rout, a...

OLD GOA, India (UCAN) – Cardinal Paul Poupard, who heads the pontifical councils for culture and for interreligious dialogue, visited a Hindu temple, met with its priest and was "fascinated" by the experience. Cardinal Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, arrived Nov. 19 for a five-day visit to Goa state, a former Portuguese colony and a Catholic stronghold on the western Indian coast. Its capital, Panaji, is 1,910 kilometers (about 1,185 miles) southwest of New Delhi.The cardinal came to chair the Nov. 21-23 meeting of Christian cultural centers that his council organized. On the evening of his arrival...

The following is taken from this weeks VOM Canada's Persecution and Prayer Alert. Over the past week, Indian Christians have been forced to worship Hindu deities in Karnataka state, according to two reports from Compass Direct. According to a November 3 report, when Hindu villagers in Kurumaradikere noted on October 29 that local Christians had not participated in the annual Depavali festival, they demanded that Pastor Naik (39) and the eleven families of his congregation worship Hindu deities as a "gesture of symbolic repentance." At a meeting called by local leaders, they interrogated the pastor about whether or not he...

All, Some time ago the RM declared threads labeled with the term Caucus as being off limits to FReepers not of that particular tradition/denomination/group. The purpose of this label is to identify it for discussion among a set group, without disruption by other corners of Christianity or religions. A recent thread has resulted in much discussion about how to define a “Caucus.” The RM has suggested that the following: “if you can manage some agreement within your caucus and with posters of other caucuses - Catholic, Mormon, Pentecostal - start a "research" thread to negotiate and gather up the various...

by Patrick O'Hannigan Other Articles by Patrick O'Hannigan Anonymous Saints 10/30/06 I'm a semi-regular at a coffee kiosk owned by a bear of a man named Joe, but staffed on the days that I stop for a cup by a barista named Nicole. In This Article...Heroes AllIn Precise OrderCosmic Significance Heroes All Nicole doesn't know my name, but she knows my car and my weakness for caramel. Not knowing what to call me has never kept the friendly smile off her face or the lilt out of her voice. On those occasions when I ask for a foofoo drink or say...

October 11, 2006 Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Wednesday 41 Reading 1Gal 2:1-2, 7-14 Brothers and sisters:After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas,taking Titus along also.I went up in accord with a revelation,and I presented to them the Gospel that I preach to the Gentiles–but privately to those of repute–so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain.On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Gospel to the uncircumcised,just as Peter to the circumcised,for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to...

Hi I thought maybe some of you would be interested in a project I am working on. Its a 30 minute docudrama on creation. You can see a proof of concept at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXQFqlVMrrc. The final version will have all new higher quality graphics and narration. But it does give you a basic idea. I would be interested in getting feedback if anyone has the time.

While Muslim radicals urge their followers to purify themselves so that Allah will give them victory over the world and reestablish the Caliphate, some modern-minded Christians dismiss the idea that God "takes sides." In Portsmouth, N.H., a weekly church bulletin scorns the idea that the Christian victory at the Battle of Lepanto was due to heaven's intervention: "The notion that God is clearly on one side or another in wars and political struggles strikes many contemporary people, including most Christians, as dangerous." Another cleric suggested that what was more dangerous was a "Man of God who did not believe God...

October 10, 2006 Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday 41 Reading 1Gal 1:13-24 Brothers and sisters:You heard of my former way of life in Judaism,how I persecuted the Church of God beyond measureand tried to destroy it, and progressed in Judaismbeyond many of my contemporaries among my race,since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.But when he, who from my mother’s womb had set me apartand called me through his grace,was pleased to reveal his Son to me,so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles,I did not immediately consult flesh and blood,nor...

October 9, 2006 Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Monday 41 Reading 1Gal 1:6-12 Brothers and sisters:I am amazed that you are so quickly forsakingthe one who called you by the grace of Christfor a different gospel (not that there is another).But there are some who are disturbing youand wish to pervert the Gospel of Christ.But even if we or an angel from heavenshould preach to you a gospel other than the one that we preached to you,let that one be accursed!As we have said before, and now I say again,if anyone preaches to you a gospelother...

by Fr. Jerome Magat Other Articles by Fr. Jerome Magat Marriage, in the Beginning 10/07/06 Of all the moral teachings that our Lord gave us during His time on earth, He was never more specific in His instruction than when He discussed marriage. The Pharisees tested Jesus on this particular teaching by referencing the law that permitted divorce which had been given to them through Moses. In order to fulfill the law, our blessed Lord both explains the rationale behind the concession that Moses made in regards to divorce and elevates our understanding of marriage by returning us to an original...

October 8, 2006 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Psalm: Sunday 41 Reading 1Gen 2:18-24 The LORD God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone.I will make a suitable partner for him."So the LORD God formed out of the groundvarious wild animals and various birds of the air,and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them;whatever the man called each of them would be its name. The man gave names to all the cattle,all the birds of the air, and all wild animals;but none proved to be the suitable partner for the...

October 7, 2006 Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary Psalm: Saturday 41 Reading 1Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 Job answered the LORD and said: I know that you can do all things,and that no purpose of yours can be hindered.I have dealt with great things that I do not understand;things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know.I had heard of you by word of mouth,but now my eye has seen you.Therefore I disown what I have said,and repent in dust and ashes. Thus the LORD blessed the latter days of Jobmore than his earlier ones.For he had fourteen thousand...

October 6, 2006 Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Friday 41 Reading 1Jb 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 The LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said: Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morningand shown the dawn its placeFor taking hold of the ends of the earth,till the wicked are shaken from its surface?The earth is changed as is clay by the seal,and dyed as though it were a garment;But from the wicked the light is withheld,and the arm of pride is shattered. Have you entered into the sources of the sea,or walked about in the...

Koushik Murali, a precocious 7-year-old, quickly went through the names of the 75 dolls posed on a rising platform built for Navarathri, the spiritual Hindu holiday. Most of the colorful clay or wooden dolls Koushik pointed out symbolize forms of Hindu deities. "That one is Shiva ... That is Krishna," the Marlboro boy told Arvind Yalavarti, 6, motioning toward the figurines displayed at the Hindu American Temple and Cultural Center in Morganville. "That is Lakshmi. That is Ganesha ... Right over there in sandalwood is Lakshmi. And that's Lakshmi again. That is Vishnu, on a tree." Koushik's fluency in Hindu...

October 5, 2006 Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordnary Time Psalm: Thursday 41 Reading 1Jb 19:21-27 Job said: Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,for the hand of God has struck me!Why do you hound me as though you were divine,and insatiably prey upon me? Oh, would that my words were written down!Would that they were inscribed in a record:That with an iron chisel and with leadthey were cut in the rock forever!But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives,and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust;Whom I myself shall see:my own eyes,...

by Mickey Addison Other Articles by Mickey Addison I Believe 10/04/06 We begin each rosary with the words, "I believe," the first words of the Apostle's Creed. It is our "statement of faith," one that is more written on our hearts rather than in a book. To “believe" is something more than "guess" and something slightly less than "know." In fact, the first dictionary definition of "believe" is to "have confidence." This, of course, describes our Catholic faith quite precisely. We have great confidence in our Lord and His Church, and we have a number of good reasons for this confidence....

October 4, 2006 Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, religious Psalm: Wednesday 41 Reading 1Jb 9:1-12, 14-16 Job answered his friends and said: I know well that it is so;but how can a man be justified before God?Should one wish to contend with him,he could not answer him once in a thousand times.God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;who has withstood him and remained unscathed? He removes the mountains before they know it;he overturns them in his anger.He shakes the earth out of its place,and the pillars beneath it tremble.He commands the sun, and it rises not;he seals...

October 3, 2006 Tuesday of the Twenty-six Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday 41 Reading 1Jb 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.Job spoke out and said: Perish the day on which I was born,the night when they said, “The child is a boy!” Why did I not perish at birth,come forth from the womb and expire?Or why was I not buried away like an untimely birth,like babes that have never seen the light?Wherefore did the knees receive me?or why did I suck at the breasts? For then I should have lain down and been tranquil;had...

October 2, 2006 Memorial of the Guardian Angels Psalm: Monday 41 Reading 1Jb 1:6-22 One day, when the angels of God came to present themselves before the LORD,Satan also came among them.And the LORD said to Satan, “Whence do you come?”Then Satan answered the LORD and said,“From roaming the earth and patrolling it.” And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job,and that there is no one on earth like him,blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil?”But Satan answered the LORD and said,“Is it for nothing that Job is God-fearing?Have you not surrounded him and his...

by Br. Ezra Sullivan, O.P Other Articles by Br. Ezra Sullivan, O.P St. Jerome — Feminist? 09/30/06 Some saints seem made for controversy. It is not that they enjoyed arguing. Rather, their holy daring was foolishness to some and a stumbling block to others. And if they were intellectuals, the saints defended their folly of the Cross. One could say that Saint Jerome is the patron saint of controversialists. In This Article...The Monk and His Lady FriendsTake That, You GuysThose Brainy Female Saints The Monk and His Lady Friends His two most famous sayings are both negative: “Ignorance of the Scriptures...

October 1, 2006 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Psalm: Sunday 41 Reading 1Num 11:25-29 The LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses.Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses,the LORD bestowed it on the seventy elders;and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied. Now two men, one named Eldad and the other Medad,were not in the gathering but had been left in the camp.They too had been on the list, but had not gone out to the tent;yet the spirit came to rest on them also,and they prophesied in the camp.So, when a...

September 30, 2006 Memorial of Saint Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church Psalm: Saturday 40 Reading 1Eccl 11:9—12:8 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.Follow the ways of your heart,the vision of your eyes;Yet understand that as regards all thisGod will bring you to judgment.Ward off grief from your heartand put away trouble from your presence,though the dawn of youth is fleeting. Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,before the evil days comeAnd the years approach of which you will say,I have no pleasure...

September 29, 2006 Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels Psalm: Friday 40 Reading 1Dn 7:9-10, 13-14 As I watched: Thrones were set upand the Ancient One took his throne.His clothing was bright as snow,and the hair on his head as white as wool;His throne was flames of fire,with wheels of burning fire.A surging stream of fireflowed out from where he sat;Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him,and myriads upon myriads attended him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.As the visions during the night continued, I saw One like a son of man coming,on the clouds...

September 28, 2006 Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Thursday 40 Reading 1Eccl 1:2-11 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!What profit has man from all the laborwhich he toils at under the sun?One generation passes and another comes,but the world forever stays.The sun rises and the sun goes down;then it presses on to the place where it rises.Blowing now toward the south, then toward the north,the wind turns again and again, resuming its rounds.All rivers go to the sea,yet never does the sea become full.To the place where they go,the rivers keep...

September 27, 2006 Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, priest Psalm: Wednesday 40 Reading 1Prv 30:5-9 Every word of God is tested;he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.Add nothing to his words,lest he reprove you, and you will be exposed as a deceiver. Two things I ask of you,deny them not to me before I die:Put falsehood and lying far from me,give me neither poverty nor riches;provide me only with the food I need;Lest, being full, I deny you,saying, “Who is the LORD?”Or, being in want, I steal,and profane the name of my God. Responsorial PsalmPs...

September 26, 2006 Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday 40 Reading 1Prv 21:1-6, 10-13 Like a stream is the king’s heart in the hand of the LORD;wherever it pleases him, he directs it. All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes,but it is the LORD who proves hearts. To do what is right and justis more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. Haughty eyes and a proud heart–the tillage of the wicked is sin. The plans of the diligent are sure of profit,but all rash haste leads certainly to poverty. Whoever...

Satan's Arsenal"The Seven Deadly Sins" Peter and Paul Ministries 1)The SIN of PRIDE:Pride is the "mother of all sins" and is the cause of every other sin. Pride is an excessive self-love. Examples of Pride:* Boasting* Arrogance* Inordinate exaltation of oneself* The total rejection of the Catholic Church.* Stating one is already saved.* Picking and choosing Catholic teachings one wishes to follow. 2) The SIN of GREED:Greed wants to get its " fair share" and much more.The unquenchable desire for money or material possessions. Examples of Greed:* The love of money* Obsessive consumerism * Living beyond ones means *...

September 25, 2006 Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Monday 40 Reading 1Prv 3:27-34 Refuse no one the good on which he has a claimwhen it is in your power to do it for him.Say not to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,tomorrow I will give,” when you can give at once. Plot no evil against your neighbor,against one who lives at peace with you.Quarrel not with a man without cause,with one who has done you no harm. Envy not the lawless manand choose none of his ways:To the LORD the perverse one is an abomination,but with...

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. Other Articles by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. Anatomy of Envy 09/25/06 Recently a prominent CEO told a mixed group of business leaders that regardless of their religion they simply had to read the Bible. Why? Because success in business depends not so much upon understanding financial reports as it does upon understanding people. And when it comes to a book that reveals what makes people tick, there is none better than the Bible. Perhaps Christians ought to pay heed to this businessman. We often get our ideas about people more from our own wishful thinking than God’s inspired...

September 24, 2006 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Psalm: Sunday 40 Reading 1Wis 2:12, 17-20 The wicked say:Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us;he sets himself against our doings,reproaches us for transgressions of the lawand charges us with violations of our training.Let us see whether his words be true;let us find out what will happen to him.For if the just one be the son of God, God will defend himand deliver him from the hand of his foes.With revilement and torture let us put the just one to the testthat we may have proof of...

September 23, 2006 Memorial of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, priest Psalm: Saturday 39 Reading 11 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49 Brothers and sisters:Someone may say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?” You fool!What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies.And what you sow is not the body that is to bebut a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind. So also is the resurrection of the dead.It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible.It is sown dishonorable; it is raised glorious.It is sown weak; it is raised powerful.It...

by Fr. Thomas Euteneuer Other Articles by Fr. Thomas EuteneuerContact this Author Adamant in Our Support of the Pope 09/22/06 A friend of mine offered a tongue-in-cheek reflection about the recent flare-up of Islamic fanaticism concerning the pope's remarks. "There is a large group of picketers in front of the cathedral demanding that the pope apologize for Notre Dame's loss to Michigan this past Saturday!" Right on! But that humorous portrayal of a protest indicates that there are humane ways for decent people to handle their differences, and killing innocent people is not one of them. Quite frankly I'm disgusted by...

by Russell Shaw Other Articles by Russell ShawContact this Author Communication in a Powder-Keg World 09/22/06 Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., new director of the Vatican press office, recently remarked that he saw no need to interpret the thinking of Pope Benedict XVI. The pope does an excellent job of speaking for himself and doesn't need interpreters, the priest explained. In This Article...Here’s What I MeantUnintended ConsequencesImagine That Here’s What I Meant Poor Father Lombardi! Scarcely had he uttered those sentiments when all Hades broke loose over Pope Benedict's comments about Islam. All of sudden the director of the sala stamp found...

September 22, 2006 Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Friday 39 Reading 11 Cor 15:12-20 Brothers and sisters:If Christ is preached as raised from the dead,how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?If there is no resurrection of the dead,then neither has Christ been raised.And if Christ has not been raised, then empty too is our preaching;empty, too, your faith.Then we are also false witnesses to God,because we testified against God that he raised Christ,whom he did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised.For if the dead are not...