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NCR(eporter) has an informative dialogue between two scholars of the Crusades, Thomas Madden and Carole Hillenbrand: I want to ask Carole Hillenbrand about something Thomas Madden wrote: “Without the Crusades, it [Christianity] might well have followed Zoroastrianism, another of Islam’s rivals, into extinction.” Carole, do you think that’s true? Hillenbrand: No. Firstly, Zoroastrianism is not…

The Vatican Watcher summarizing a couple of recent, slap-in-the-head moments in which satirical jabs at Christianity (to put it mildly) are okayed by the same people who disapprove of satire using Islamic images.

Sort of. We’ll get there on Saturday morning, wiped out and confused, but with hopefully enough energy just to look around and orient ourselves. Believe it or not, I actually have to meet with someone on Saturday afternoon, but since it’s in, you know, Rome, it will be novel enough in itself. Sunday, what’s set…

The good news from today is that I finally took the time to research our plane – it’s supposed to be an Airbus A330, which has individual audio/video monitors at every seat. Do you KNOW how much tension that instantly relieves? I haven’t been too concerned about the trip over, because it’s overnight, and both…
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