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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
An imbecile habit has arisen in modern controversy of saying that such and such a creed can be held in one age but cannot be held in another. Some dogma, we are told, was credible in the twelfth century, but is not credible in the twentieth. You might as well say that a certain philosophy can be believed on Mondays, but cannot be believed on Tuesdays. You might as well say of a view of the cosmos that it was suitable to half-past three, but not suitable to half-past four.
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scandal
Anarchy in the RCC
Critics feel rebuffed by bishopsEarlier meeting in Dallas now seen as 'an aberration'By Caryle Murphy
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 - As scores of U.S. Catholic bishops left a downtown Washington hotel Monday evening to board buses for a Mass, a group of nearly 100 demonstrators - including several who had been sexually abused by priests years ago […]
Scandal Time
Much ink has been spilled over the abuse scandals in the Church, and Father Neuhaus (editor of my favorite magazine, First Things) has so far produced the most balanced assessment of the situation. Here are the links to his ongoing "Scandal Time" editorials in the past few editions of First Things.
Scandal Time I
Scandal Time II
Scandal […]
