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1. oktober 2002
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Mother Theresa Needs Second "Miracle" for Sainthood
Immediately after the death of Mother Theresa, who dedicated her life to work among the poor in Calcutta, her followers pressed for her being designated a Saint. The Pope obviously agreed, and started to fast-track the elaborate procedure required for official sainthood. After examining her life and work, they designated her 'venerable,' that is, a Catholic role model. The next step up is beatification. However, this step requires a genuine miracle.
True to order, a woman in Calcutta who prayed to Mother Theresa, mysteriously recovered from cancer.
Now the Church only needs a second 'miracle' to make Mother Theresa a real Saint.
This author is convinced that the normally quite rational leaders of the Church are pretty embarrassed at grasping at straws to fulfill these ancient rules for an outdated institution.
The hierarchy bringing the RCC up to date with the 21st century would be a real miracle, and one it really needs.
11:29:56 PM 
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And you think you are having a bad day at work!
Though this photo has circulated on the Net with guarantees of being genuine, it is in fact a fake. But it's funny. For some real shark pictures, including the above in its original context, see Charles Maxwell's great underwater pictures.
10:39:51 PM
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Anti-Abuse Group Banned from Meeting at Church
"A bishop banned a Roman Catholic lay group that was formed in response to the church sexual-abuse scandal from meeting at a church here. " (CNN)
Apparently, the sweep-under-carpet policies of the RCC continues.
5:11:07 PM
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Rare Voice of Reason
"Though hardly politically expedient, the fight against religion's tyranny makes intellectual and emotional sense right now. It could even replace the struggle against first-world imperialism as the organizing principle of radical thought, encompassing as it does the fight against the lunatics of al-Qaida, the butchers in Gujarat, the hard-line settlers in the West Bank, the rapists in the Catholic Church, the bombers of abortion clinics and, of course, our own attorney general." (Michelle Goldberg in "A beacon of Sanity" in Salon Magazine, an article celebrating the foresight and morality of Salman Rushdie)
3:22:56 PM
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Guinness too Bitter if Irish says No to EU Expansion
 Poles will stop drinking Guinness beer if the Irish says no to EU expansion, says Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski. The Irish are voting on accepting the European Union's plans for expansion, and Poland is one of the countries most eager and ready to join.
No matter what the Irish did, I would not stop drinking Guinness.
5:41:46 AM
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Another myth bites the dust
"Despite eons of speculation to the contrary, two British scientists have laid to rest the idea that a man's shoe size is in any way correlated to the size of his penis." (Reuters)
Comment from the woman who made me aware of this news item: "Awwww now we have to revert to measuring sticks.. RATS!"
2:19:23 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Jan Haugland.
Last update: 01.11.02; 00:16:18.
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