Spirituality
The Pope's Holy War Against Liberation Theology
Posted by Shemuses
The recent election of former Bishop Fernando Lugo as President of Paraguay poses a sticky dilemma for the Vatican and underscores the hostile political environment facing incoming Pope Benedict XVI in South America. Lugo, who was known to his constituents as the "Bishop of the Poor" for his support of landless peasants, advocates so-called Liberation Theology, a school of thought which took shape in Latin America in the 1960s.
John Cleese visits Laughing Club in India - Boing Boing
Posted by hnouwens from BoingBoing
Actor John Cleese went to India to visit a doctor who has started a laughing club. The people meet each morning and do silly things to make each other laugh. Laughter has many health benefits, says the doctor.
The pope's US visit: Media, White House, Congress embrace spokesman for religious obscurantism
Posted by Sandyenglish
It is a measure of the profound decay of American democracy that when the president of the United States welcomed the Roman Catholic pontiff to Washington last week, a major concern was that the representative of a 2,000-year-old religious institution, steeped in reaction and hostility to science and human progress, might seem to criticize the US government from the left.
China Said to Arrest 100 Protesting Monks
Posted by Shemuses from New York Times
As many as 100 Tibetans were arrested in northwest China on Thursday after they demonstrated against the earlier detention of monks from a nearby monastery, witnesses and a Tibetan human rights group said Friday. Local residents reached by telephone on Friday said that the police beat and arrested people at an open-air market in Tongren, a town in Qinghai, a western province bordering Tibet, after they refused orders to leave.
Mysterious Switzerland - Alpine Goddess
Posted by swissjourno
An Alpine Goddess, who once lived in complete harmony with nature, is the subject of an ancient song in Switzerland's fourth language, Romansh. The Saint Margriata song is interpreted by Corin Curschellas.(The Mysterious Switzerland series is produced by SRG SSR idée suisse.)
Bring on Lama-Palooza
Posted by Jeff from crosscut.com
Lama-Palooza's man behind the curtain is a driven entrepreneur named Dan Kranzler, a Charles Foster Kane for children and early learning (better that than, say, politics or yellow journalism). Kranzler is a Bellevue-based wireless executive who founded Mforma, a mobile-entertainment company, in 2001.
Church of Scientology\\\\\\\'s \\\\\\\'Operating Thetan\\\\\\\' documents leaked online - Wikinews,
Posted by theangryindian from Wikinews
Wikinews has obtained \\\\\\\'Operating Thetan\\\\\\\' (OT) documents of the Church of Scientology which were leaked via Wikileaks. Although some portions of the manual have been leaked previously, this is believed to be the first time the full unedited version has been leaked.
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