catholicsphere

Go figure
The-group-that-wants-the-Church-to-be-the-way-they-want-it instead of the-way-God-made-it, Call to Action, has taken offense at the fact that the diocese of Phoenix wants to be sure that a scheduled speaker was not going to say things ‘antithetical to Catholic teaching’. Aww … isn’t that too bad? Call to Action wants a more democratic process in the Church so they can allow things that they want. But, what if I don’t want that? What if a majority of Catholics don’t want what they want (which is actually the case today)? I’m sure they’d be just as … shall we say … disgruntled as they are now. [Read the story]

Speaking of Useless Information
Taking on the tough issue of doctors that talk too much, researchers found that 34 of the 100 involved in the study, were too chatty. Next up will be a study wondering if studies themselves are uninformative. [Read the story]

Motu Proprio!
Jimmy Akin misleads his readers … but in a good way. He makes it seem like the new Motu Proprio on the Mass has been released. That’s not the case, however. Instead, Pope Benedict XVI has issued a motu proprio that changes the way popes are elected — there must now be a 2/3 vote, a supermajority, if you will, required for the election of a new pope.

A Cast of Thousands
A hat-tip to Eric Scheske over at The Daily Eudemon for linking to this list of 1000 films to see before you die. Some time I’ll have to follow up with a list of those that I’ve seen already … anyone else who wants to take that up, feel free to consider yourself tagged.

You got your Vista in my XP
Those of you who are technically inclined probably know that the new Windows Vista operating system has a cool new look over previous versions of Windows. But, you also know that you’re not gonna go rushing to a 1.0 release of a new OS. But the look is pretty cool. Well, you can get the look of the Vista Start menu in your XP installation. Check out this freeware app! [via Lifehacker]

Spankings!
Apparently, there’s a guy out there who’s giving away spanking paddles. He says God told him 4 years ago to do it and he estimates that he’s sent out between 1,200 to 1,300 paddles. But a mom from Massachusetts doesn’t believe in spanking, and is fighting to get this guy to stop. [Read the story] I think he deserves a time-out!

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