Pope Benedict XVI will have a meeting with interfaith leaders during his US trip, but the Secret Service has said Sikhs will not be permitted to attend. It looks like the pope and the US Bishops Conference are going along with the Secret Service. The World Sikh Council has expressed its disappointment. “We have to…
Rod Dreher posts some thoughts from a Greek writer on the decline of civilization in his homeland.
The Vatican has said that only baptisms done “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” are valid. That means that anyone baptized using another formula, such as the politically correct “Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier” (a modalistic assemblage), must be rebaptized. A dozen years ago or so Cardinal…
It’s Go Texan Day in Houston, the day we celebrate the opening of Rodeo. The barbecue contest started last night; trail rides are converging today on Memorial Park from throughout the region; the parade is tomorrow; gates open Monday. I went to the barbecue contest once, invited by one particular organization to their tent; we…
The Vatican has accepted the credentials of the new US ambassador, Mary Ann Glendon (a conflict of interest, in my eyes, since she has represented the Vatican and been the head of a Vatican commission). Pope Benedict’s comments to her upon the presentation of her credentials affirm the common mission of the US and the…
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