Sometimes a blog with thoughts and opinions by Dan Greene
Added March 5, 2026: I cleaned up some dead links in the original post. I don’t know why I felt the need to write on this topic then, my guess is Republicans were being Republicans. Two decades later, the divide between Republicans and Democrats seems larger than ever.…
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.…
The date of Easter moves from year to year, but Christmas doesn’t. Why is that? Here’s the answer.
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 witnesses go up and convert them all.”…
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.…
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?
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