Monthly Archives: October 2005

MUZAFFARABAD: Death toll in the disastrous earthquake that had struck Azad Kashmir, Frontier province and Punjab is likely to go beyond 40,000 marks, while the much needed relief works in some of the devastated areas could not yet been taken … Continue reading →

It was on this day in 1962, Pope John XXIII convened the first session of the Second Vatican Council in Rome, also known as Vatican II. Vatican II resulted in some of the greatest changes in the history of the … Continue reading →

[T]he first collective meeting of 256 bishops representing the Catholic world in four years, and the first presided over by the new pope inevitably brought out the major problems facing the episcopates – terrorism, Islam, and the issue of married … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever been part of an Internet discussion list, you will appreciate the wit and art of Mike Reed at Flame Warriors. I’ve had him in my side margin links for a long time, but noticed his URL had … Continue reading →

But we should also understand that our best human efforts, the works of Michelangelo and the Pyramids and Dostoevsky and Mozart, are like a toddler’s finger painting, stuck on God’s refrigerator more out of love for the artist than appreciation … Continue reading →