Friday's News & Ideas
Former Episcopal bishop Lipscomb now a Catholic priest
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times: Converted after retirement in 2007; now a priest, relieved to no longer be the boss.
A Catholic rather than a Christian country
The Irish Times: In the wake of the Dublin diocesan report on clergy sexual abuse, columnist asks if Irish Catholicism stands with Christ.
Eboo Patel is a man of interfaith
Chicago Tribune: Muslim interfaith advocate wins Grawemeyer Award, the most lucrative prize for a single work in the field of religion.
It's a Christian man's world
Slate: In comeback attempt, Promise Keepers reaching out to women and Messianic Jews.
Parents splashing out on top quality nativity costumes
BBC: Old towels and pajamas no longer good enough for Christmas plays.
The Spark
How a culture dies
Not long ago, Patrick J. Deneen, a professor at Georgetown University, visited The Museum of Pre-Columbian Art in Santiago, Chile, an experience he found particularly moving, and even somewhat desolating. Viewing ancient artifacts crafted by people long-dead, he realized he was witnessing the remnants of once-vibrant cultures that also were long dead, he writes in the Washington Post’s On Faith blog. “Their presence in that museum was not so much a testimony of their brilliance and ingenuity as of the ultimate fragility of even the most self-confident of cultural organizations.”
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