By now everyone knows that a resistance movement is active in reaction to the reforms of Pope Francis. Refusniks are in favour of services in Latin, are opposed to ecumenism, freedom of religion and closer relations with Judaism. The leader of the group is Jean-Michel Faure, consecrated as bishop by British bishop, Richard Williamson, a …
Websites about Epicureanism seem to proliferate, most of them saying the same things, with little new. The problem with Epicureanism in particular is that so many of the ancient writings were either lost or were deliberately destroyed by early Christians, but this does not deter people from regurgitating the fragments left ad nauseam. But to …
Please excuse the length of this posting, but I thought readers should see a report sent to members of Jewish Voice for Peace, the rapidly growing group of moderate Jewish Americans. The complaint is about the biased reporting of current events in Israel by the New York Times: “Our analysis of over 30 New York …
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California, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia, have banned licensed therapists from practicing conversion therapy on gays, but, amazingly, many Americans still think this “therapy” works. Earlier this year 17-year-old Leelah Alcorn, who wrote on a Tumblr post that her parents had forced her to go to conversion therapy, took her own life, provoking …
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Russia’s Orthodox Church has voiced support for Moscow’s air strikes in Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, thus: “The fight with terrorism is a “holy battle” and today our country is perhaps the most active force in the world fighting it,” said the head of the Church’s public affairs department, …
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