Saturday Collection 03/27/2010
March 27, 2010
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If your congregations are anything like the ones of the Café’s newsteam, you’re probably seeing a slowing down in programs as they gear up for
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Discovery to be allowed in US Catholic Church sex abuse cases?
March 27, 2010
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The Washington Post is reporting that Vatican attorneys in Oregon have appealed to the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision that their legal opponents be allowed to subpoena church documents relating to abuse cases here in the United States. Traditionally courts have ruled that American catholic priests are employees of the Pope directly and therefore free from typical rules of legal discovery.
Diocese of South Carolina special convention report
March 27, 2010
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The Diocese of South Carolina passed a set of four resolutions at their Diocesan convention yesterday. The resolutions are intended to draw clear lines between
A little reformation now and then is a good thing
March 26, 2010
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David Walker noticed that there is a new twitter site for the Church of England called, and we are not making this up, “Twurch of England.” It is for the the bishops and clergy and…the clergy and bishops of the CofE. This caused our friend to mount a small revolution
Robinson joins think tank
March 26, 2010
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Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire is the new Senior Visiting Fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Washington, DC, think tank.
Okah does not approve
March 26, 2010
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The new Archbishop of Nigeria continues the tradition of confusing opposition to homosexuality with moral leadership.
Truth telling and accountability make a difference
March 26, 2010
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Walter Robinson teaches journalism at Northeastern University. Before that, he led The Boston Globe’s investigative unit, which in 2002 and 2003 documented sexual abuse within
Laity know more than clergy think
March 26, 2010
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As journalists ask “what the did the future pope know and when did he know it?” the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, writes about his shame and anger about clergy who abused children sexually. It is no surprise that laity who have witnessed the cover-up in real time have different perspectives.
Sin is the closet
March 26, 2010
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Sin is deliberately turning one’s back on what God has done for us in salvation history. It is not just a matter of pride and raising ourselves up too high, but it is also a matter of excess shame and hiding our true selves from others.
Let the scientists lecture us on science
March 26, 2010
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Their discussion of genetics . . . shows a complete failure to understand basic principles–what it means to say something is innate, and the fallacy of a single gene theory
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