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...Catholic Church's position on "intelligent design" appears to be-well, evolving. An article published this week in the Vatican's newspaper of record, L'Osservatore Romano, is bad news for those hoping the Church would call on schools to teach "intelligent design" in in science class. In the article, evolutionary biology professor Fiorenzo Facchini, who teaches at the University of Bologna, pondered whether the theory, which holds that the complexity of nature makes it, necessarily, the product of the design of a conscious creator, should be taught alongside discussions of Darwin. His conclusion: "This is not how science...
...Pulpit Patrol Re Andrew Sullivan's essay "The Vatican's New Stereotype": I am sorry about Pope Benedict XVI's rules excluding gay men from the priesthood [Dec. 12]. But they are not the first Catholics to be identified and told that "regardless of how they behave or what they do, they are beneath serving God" as priests. That distinction belongs to women. Lynn Mostafa Salinas, California...
...efforts to push Roman Catholic Church doctrine onto the Italian political agenda [Dec. 12], gave only a glimpse of a very unpleasant situation. I cannot help brooding over the unique condition of a sovereign state being host to another state on its soil. Italy is the host. The Vatican is the parasite. Not only does the Catholic Church obtain substantial financial aid and tax exemptions, but it also arrogates to itself the right to interfere with the policies of the Italian government. Every day the Pope or some Cardinal appears on the TV news, and politicians queue to kneel before...
...Showing Gays the Door My thanks to Andrew Sullivan for his thoughtful essay, "The Vatican's New Stereotype," on the Roman Catholic Church's new rules barring gays from the priesthood [Dec. 12]. He expressed so well how I have been feeling?like an outsider in the church that was my home for 67 years. Although I have at times disagreed with church teachings, I have always felt like part of the fold. But the new exclusion cuts me to the core. I don't recognize Jesus in the new rules. It is more than a homosexual issue; it wounds...
...Schindler's List, the other for Allen's Shadows and Fog. I look at them to remind myself of the hope and magic that great directors can bring to an audience. Regina Morin San Diego Showing Gays the Door My thanks to Andrew Sullivan for his thoughtful essay, "The Vatican's New Stereotype," on the Roman Catholic Church's new rules barring gays from the priesthood [Dec. 12]. He expressed so well how I have been feeling - like an outsider in the church that was my home for 67 years. Although I have at times disagreed with church teachings...