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Francisco Ayala wins the Templeton Prize
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Rod Dreher
At this moment, I’m at the National Academy of Sciences watching biologist Francisco Ayala named as winner of the 2010 Templeton Prize. Ayala, a former Dominican priest, is being recognized in part for his work in reconciling evolution with Christian theology. The prize itself, worth about $1.5 million, will be awarded to Ayala in May…
Father Murphy, molester of deaf children
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Rod Dreher
From today’s NYTimes: Top Vatican officials — including the future Pope Benedict XVI — did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even though several American bishops repeatedly warned them that failure to act on the matter could embarrass the church, according to church files newly unearthed as part of…
How to govern a church: a case study
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Rod Dreher
I want to contrast the way the institutional Catholic Church is struggling to deal with its problem bishops, versus the way the Orthodox Church in America (my church) has done it recently. It shouldn’t be necessary to say this, but I probably need to: this is not an argument for why Orthodoxy is more true…
Dhimmitude at the drive-thru?
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Rod Dreher
A British customer of KFC is irate because his local KFC wouldn’t serve him a sandwich with bacon on it. Excerpt: The company has taken the burger off the menu because Islamic dietary law forbids Muslims to eat anything which has been prepared on the same premises as pork, which is itself strictly forbidden. It…
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