In a departure from my usual library related postings, I have a solution that few people seem to consider. Take government out the marriage license business. Just let people get married in whatever church or organization supports their way of life and be done with it. State marriage simply replaces a church’s authority with that … Read more
CNN Money has an article about LaserMonks.com a group of Cistercian monks that sell toner, ink, etc. The best quote from the article, “We’re monks,” McCoy says cheerfully. “We do monk things.” 🙂
CNN.com – Did Jesus exist? Court to decide – Jan 4, 2006 Wow, this case should be interesting. This sounds like a publicity stunt to me. Prove Jesus doesn’t exist in a Italian court? Not likely. Of course, Candians are eating unconsecrated hosts as snack food, so anything is possible.
Cardinal Ratzinger – Pope Benedict XVI. Heaven help us. I am not a happy Catholic. Ratzinger is much too conservative for me. After all he was head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He’s the guy who went after church dissidents and upheld church policy against attempts for reform. They used to … Read more
The date of Easter moves from year to year, but Christmas doesn’t. Why is that? Here’s the answer. The Date of Easter
Astrobiology Magazine has an interview up with a Vatican astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, who also curates the Vatican’s meteorite collections. Interesting stuff about astronomy and religion. The best quote is on what happens if we find ET life. Of several options, this could happen,” We find a dozen civilizations out there, and a bunch of Jehovah’s … Read more
It’s been a while since I posted anything that would fit in the religion category, so here goes. If you are interested in Catholic news, try Catholic World News. For a library of Catholic documents and reference material, try Catholic Culture. Catholic Culture also reviews web sites, including one that I used to run. In … Read more
The Vatican Museum is now online. It joins the Vatican Library and Archives which were already online. Maybe one day I’ll make it to Rome but for now this will have to do.
Just thought that since this site is called Library Monk, I’d post a few monkish links. Perhaps Jesuits? Or Trappists? Or Benedictines?
