Pope Revises 'Limbo' for Babies | Chicago Tribune VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has revised traditional Roman Catholic teaching on so-called "limbo," approving a church report released Friday that said there was reason to hope that babies who die without baptism can go to heaven. Benedict approved the findings of the International Theological Commission, which issued its long-awaited document on limbo on Origins, the documentary service of Catholic News Service, the news agency of the American Bishop's Conference. This is just…weird. Next week: the Pope announces just exactly how many angels can do the foxtrot on the head of a…
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Vermont Senate: Impeach the President | Chicago Tribune MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised "serious questions of constitutionality." The nonbinding resolution was approved 16-9 without debate — all six Republicans in the chamber at the time and three Democrats voted against it. Yet another non-binding resolution – let's have a binding one next time!
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When you have hair like this, as I do, you get into weird conversations with complete strangers. Why? I have no idea, but people seem to think that a comment is required sometimes. Here’s a fairly typical example of a conversation that I’m forced to have now and then. It happened earlier this week while I was heading down to the ground floor to run an errand: Random middle-aged man in elevator: “That’s some red hair you got there.”Me: “Yes, well, thanks to my parents.”RMAMIE: “Wow, both of them?”Me: “Yep, they both had it. It’s a recessive gene, so they…
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Gunmans Writings Were Disturbing | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited Lots of people knew Cho. Lots of people thought he was a little weird. Some people called him "the question mark guy" because on the first day of an English lit class, he put a question mark next to his name on an introductory signup sheet for class members. He could not put a name to himself. There were opportunities to reach him that were missed, but who could have known? Cho's aspect was impenetrable; if you called out a greeting to him, he would not reply or respond. Dorm…
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Daily Herald | DuPage County Within the next few months, Resurrection members will move to a rented building elsewhere in West Chicago. The church has not decided if it will join a group of Anglican parishes based in Africa and Asia that are forming their own organization, Koch said. A longtime member of the NAACP and a former member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Koch rejects the view that his church’s stance is bigoted. “If I had a family come to my church that were polygamist, we would love them, we would be kind, but we wouldn’t approve. That…
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Living on Earth: New Studies Link Asthma, Prostate Cancer to Toxic Chemicals CURWOOD: Dr. Myers I know the study didn’t look at this at all but the asthma epidemic is really big in cities and really big among poor people. What questions would you want to ask as a researcher to link that prevalence of disease in those populations to what is being found in this research? MYERS: That’s a great question, Steve and all the science isn’t in on the answer yet. But there are a couple of clues that we can take from this. One is that the…
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Pastor must answer important questions Question: What is thy duty toward thy neighbor? Answer: My duty toward my Neighbor is . . . to do to all men as I would they should do unto me: . . . To be true and just in all my dealings: . . . To keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my tongue from evil speaking, lying, and slandering: . . . Not to desire other men’s goods; But to learn and labor truly to get my own living. — The Book of Common Prayer 1928. We are 19 former vestry…
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Via: Flickr Title: Sleepy kitty By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 12 Apr ’07, 4.01pm CDT PST
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Fanatical Apathy · Cancer n’ Me Adam Felber (ace WWDTM panelist) had a less than positive experience with the totally disorganized and indifferent crap that is the American health care system the other day. He’s happy to say that he has not-cancer! Hurray! And he had pretty much diagnosed himself correctly via WebMD, but that didn’t stop him from thinking that The Cancer had invaded his lymph nodes, whatever those are. As it happens, I also had a less-than-satisfactory experience with my health care provider Tuesday, and I had also pretty much diagnosed myself via Google and various diagnosed myself…
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Unlike stalwart AKMA, who couldn't find his music after rehearsing several times, and had to "wing it" at his service, our trio (plus Paul the associate priest) performed the Exultet without too many noticeable bobbles. In rehearsal, I really struggled and I know Mary was thinking of pulling me out, but the last run through was clean and my voice (and throat) had opened up a bit. By the time we actually started, I was as ready as I was going to be and Katie and I stood together so that she could hold a candle for me. We had…