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...become popular only in recent years. It traces its remote origins in part to the teachings of a Greek philosopher, Epictetus, a former slave who developed a science of happiness. Perhaps the best-known expression of Epictetus' philosophy is the Serenity Prayer, attributed to the Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr and adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous: "God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference...
...papacy makes for strange dinner companions: Word this week that Pope Benedict XVI dined for two hours with dissident theologian Hans K?ng may be difficult for many conservative Catholics to digest. K?ng, who had long been denied his request for an audience with John Paul II, is widely viewed as a kind of "anti-Ratzinger" because of the sharp contrast between his liberal views on doctrine and those of the fellow German theologian who would eventually become pope. In fact, then-Cardinal Ratzinger had a role in stripping K?ng of the right to teach Catholic theology in 1979, because...
...Pilgrims of Taizé Brother Roger, the ecumenical theologian who was killed last month [MILESTONES, Aug. 29], was the founder of a spiritual center committed to religious unity at Taizè in France's Burgundy region. Taizè's simple form of worship influenced churches the world over. In an April 29, 1974, article, we reported on how the monastic community attracted thousands of young people...
...first Olympic defeat in that sport in 1972; in Moscow. Ironically, the bespectacled Gomelsky wasn't present for his team's most famous win as he had been denied a visa by Soviet authorities fearful he might defect at the Munich games. DIED. BROTHER ROGER, 90, humble, ecumenical theologian who attracted tens of thousands of young followers to his spiritual center in southern France to participate in prayer circles and chants; of stab wounds inflicted by a mentally disturbed woman; in Taiz?, France. Born into a Swiss Protestant family as Roger Schutz, he founded a monastic community in 1940 that...
DIED. BROTHER ROGER, 90, humble, ecumenical theologian who attracted tens of thousands of young followers to his spiritual center in southern France to participate in prayer circles and chant; of stab wounds inflicted by a mentally disturbed woman; in Taizé, France. Born into a Swiss Protestant family as Roger Schutz, he founded a monastic community in 1940 that would ultimately include Lutheran, Anglican and Catholic monks who shared in his mission to unite all Christians. During six decades of ministry, he even drew a visit from Pope John Paul II, who felt renewed by the experience, saying "One passes through...