Today on CMR – August 10, 2007

Barbarians in Tweed Coats
——The 21st century’s greatest monsters are wearing tweed jackets and un-ironed Dockers.

Rowan Williams Can Run, But he Can’t Hide
——Is the Archbishop of Canterbury postponing the inevitable?

Gay Gene Bad Science
——Searching for the genetic excuse for sin. Couldn’t we all use a genetic get-out-of-hell free card?

Evolutionary Theory Disproved Once Again Thus Proving Evolution!!!
——Smugness and science do not go well together.

Naked Priest Arrested
——Like we didn’t already have enough problems?

Barry Bonds and Cafeteria Catholics
——What is a Catholic to do in a Barry Bonds world?

Pope’s right-hand man addresses sex abuse scandal in the US
——Criticizes those who try to profit from it

Amnesty faces Catholic church boycott over abortion policy.
——Amnesty International’s policy on abortion has become the subject of renewed controversy on the eve of the organisation’s international council meeting.

End Catholic “proselytism,” Russian Patriarch demands
——Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow has repeated his demand that the Vatican must curb the “proselytism” by Catholic clerics in Russia and eastern Europe.

Socialist ideologue threatens Church: Be quiet or we’ll silence you
——Professor Gregorio Peces-Barba, considered the inspiration behind the current Socialist anti-clericalism in Spain and author of the course ”Education for Citizenship,” has threatened the Catholic Church, warning it to either be silent or “suffer the consequences.”