The blog of Father Mark Hargreaves o.s.b., retired abbot, now living as "a simple monk".
The blog of Father Mark Hargreaves o.s.b., retired abbot, now living as "a simple monk".
Someone's telling it a bit too straight:
"In the West, people ask whether Islam can undergo a reformation
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like the one that Christianity underwent. That's a poor parallel," he
says. "In Christianity, it wasn't the religion that needed to be
reformed, but the church; what Jesus preached was good."
The American Meet the Press is broadcast here in Oz, and yes, when I could, I'd watch it. I liked Tim Russert. So did many others it seems.
But it also seems many didn't get him.
Mollie at Get Religion: Read more »
I had talked with my parents about the fact that I might take off the hijab upon my arrival in the States; fortunately
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they were supportive of the idea. In fact, just a few days before
leaving Iraq, I was sitting in the living room with my father.
Or is that lying?
Tom Heneghan on the virginity lie occupying France of late.
Yep you guessed it...it involves...creeping...creeping...
And blogging you're home:
This must surely be the first time in history the reparation of a
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schism has been declared on this medium. (If only Filioque could have
been sorted out in a comments box. Credit to John Zuhlsdorf for predicting a possible blogospherical role in April).
It may only interest one or two of my regular readers but this is still worthy of attention. Read more »
The latest New Yorker
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(June 9 & 16) has a fascinating article about the problem of evil
by James Wood, an excellent writer who formerly reviewed books for The New Republic.
Titled “Holiday in Hellmouth,” it continues with deliberate illogic in
the subhead: “God may be dead, but the question of why he permits
suffering lives on.”
The Anglican Bishop of Rochester breaks faith with Britain.
The Anglican Archbishop of York breaks faith with Gordon Brown.
And of course, the 'splendidly splenetic' Archbishop Cranmer breaks faith with yet another Minister of Religion.
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